Acts 5:38
New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
מָנַע
mânaʻ
to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
עֵצָה
ʻêtsâh
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
מְאוּמָה
mᵉʼûwmâh
properly, a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something; with negative, nothing
Key Terms in This Verse
מְאוּמָה mᵉʼûwmâh
properly, a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something; with negative, nothing
Study H3972 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →Cross References
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.
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