Acts 8:32
New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
מָקוֹם
mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
כָּתָב
kâthâb
something written, i.e. a writing, record or book
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
כֶּבֶשׂ
kebes
a ram (just old enough to butt)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
English grammatical function word ('shearer'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent...
פָּתַח
pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('shearer'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are re...
Study GRAM →נָכָה nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
Study H5221 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →פָּתַח pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Study H6605 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →Cross References
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off...
As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
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