Acts 6:10

New Testament • 5 words with Strong's data

"And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And they were not

יָכֹל

yâkôl

H3201

to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

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to

שָׂטַן

sâṭan

H7853

to attack, (figuratively) accuse

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the

חׇכְמָה

chokmâh

H2451

wisdom (in a good sense)

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and the

רוּחַ

rûwach

H7307

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...

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by which he

דָבַר

dâbar

H1696

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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Key Terms in This Verse

resist H7853

שָׂטַן sâṭan

to attack, (figuratively) accuse

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able H3201

יָכֹל yâkôl

to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

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wisdom H2451

חׇכְמָה chokmâh

wisdom (in a good sense)

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spirit H7307

רוּחַ rûwach

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...

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spake H1696

דָבַר dâbar

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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Cross References

Luke 21:15 cross-reference

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

1 Corinthians 2:4 cross-reference

And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

John 7:46 cross-reference

The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.

Job 32:8 cross-reference

But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

Exodus 4:12 cross-reference

Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

Luke 1:17 cross-reference

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the L...

Ezekiel 3:27 cross-reference

But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebelli...

Acts 5:39 cross-reference

But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

Acts 7:51 cross-reference

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

Job 32:18 cross-reference

For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.

Jeremiah 15:20 cross-reference

And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the L...

Micah 3:8 cross-reference

But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

Isaiah 54:17 cross-reference

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteous...

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