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Acts 16

Acts 16:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
the keeper of the prison
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
desmophulax (Greek #1200)
a jailer (as guarding the prisoners)
KJV usage: jailor, keeper of the prison.
Pronounce: des-mof-oo'-lax
Origin: from 1199 and 5441
awaking out
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
of his sleep
exupnos (Greek #1853)
awake
KJV usage: X out of sleep.
Pronounce: ex'-oop-nos
Origin: from 1537 and 5258
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
seeing
eido (Greek #1492)
used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent 3700 and 3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know
KJV usage: be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot. Compare 3700.
Pronounce: i'-do
Origin: a primary verb
the prison
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
phulake (Greek #5438)
a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or night), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: cage, hold, (im-)prison(-ment), ward, watch.
Pronounce: foo-lak-ay'
Origin: from 5442
doors
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
thura (Greek #2374)
a portal or entrance (the opening or the closure, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: door, gate.
Pronounce: thoo'-rah
Origin: apparently a primary word (compare "door")
open
anoigo (Greek #455)
to open up (literally or figuratively, in various applications)
KJV usage: open.
Pronounce: an-oy'-go
Origin: from 303 and οἴγω (to open)
, he drew out
spao (Greek #4685)
to draw
KJV usage: draw (out).
Pronounce: spah'-o
Origin: a primary verb
his sword
machaira (Greek #3162)
a knife, i.e. dirk; figuratively, war, judicial punishment
KJV usage: sword.
Pronounce: makh'-ahee-rah
Origin: probably feminine of a presumed derivative of 3163
, and would
mello (Greek #3195)
to intend, i.e. be about to be, do, or suffer something (of persons or things, especially events; in the sense of purpose, duty, necessity, probability, possibility, or hesitation)
KJV usage: about, after that, be (almost), (that which is, things, + which was for) to come, intend, was to (be), mean, mind, be at the point, (be) ready, + return, shall (begin), (which, that) should (after, afterwards, hereafter) tarry, which was for, will, would, be yet.
Pronounce: mel'-lo
Origin: a strengthened form of 3199 (through the idea of expectation)
have killed
anaireo (Greek #337)
to take up, i.e. adopt; by implication, to take away (violently), i.e. abolish, murder
KJV usage: put to death, kill, slay, take away, take up.
Pronounce: an-ahee-reh'-o
Origin: from 303 and (the active of) 138
himself
heautou (Greek #1438)
him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc.
KJV usage: alone, her (own, -self), (he) himself, his (own), itself, one (to) another, our (thine) own(-selves), + that she had, their (own, own selves), (of) them(-selves), they, thyself, you, your (own, own conceits, own selves, -selves).
Pronounce: heh-ow-too'
Origin: from a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the genitive case (dative case or accusative case) of 846
, supposing that
nomizo (Greek #3543)
properly, to do by law (usage), i.e. to accustom (passively, be usual); by extension, to deem or regard
KJV usage: suppose, thing, be wont.
Pronounce: nom-id'-zo
Origin: from 3551
the prisoners
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
desmios (Greek #1198)
a captive (as bound)
KJV usage: in bonds, prisoner.
Pronounce: des'-mee-os
Origin: from 1199
had been fled
ekpheugo (Greek #1628)
to flee out
KJV usage: escape, flee.
Pronounce: ek-fyoo'-go
Origin: from 1537 and 5343
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Prison,
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Ministry on This Verse

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the keeper.
Acts 16:23‑24• 23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
 24Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. (Acts 16:23‑24)
he drew.
Judg. 9:54• 54Then he called hastily unto the young man his armorbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. (Judg. 9:54)
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1 Sam. 31:4‑5• 4Then said Saul unto his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
 5And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. (1 Sam. 31:4‑5)
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2 Sam. 17:23• 23And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. (2 Sam. 17:23)
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1 Kings 16:18• 18And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died, (1 Kings 16:18)
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Matt. 27:5• 5And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. (Matt. 27:5)
• We can understand the horror of the jailor, and his first impulse, as a heathen, to make away with himself, inferring from the open doors the flight of the prisoners, and therefore (according to the stern law De Custodia Reorum) with no other prospect for himself than a violent stroke of judicial shame. (“Acts 16:19-31” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the jailor being awakened out of his sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison opened, having drawn a sword was going to kill himself, thinking the prisoners had fled.

W. Kelly Translation

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And the jailor being roused out of sleep, and seeing the prison doors open drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.