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Acts 17:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
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
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)
when they found
heurisko (Greek #2147)
εὕρω (hyoo'-ro), which (together with another cognate form) εὑρέω (hyoo-reh'-o) is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: find, get, obtain, perceive, see.
Pronounce: hyoo-ris'-ko
them
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
not
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
, they drew
suro (Greek #4951)
to trail
KJV usage: drag, draw, hale.
Pronounce: soo'-ro
Origin: probably akin to 138
Jason
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
Iason (Greek #2394)
about to cure; Jason, a Christian
KJV usage: Jason.
Pronounce: ee-as'-oan
Origin: future active participle masculine of 2390
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
certain
tis (Greek #5100)
some or any person or object
KJV usage: a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
Pronounce: tis
Origin: an enclitic indefinite pronoun
brethren
adephos (Greek #80)
a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like 1)
KJV usage: brother.
Pronounce: ad-el-fos'
Origin: from 1 (as a connective particle) and δελφύς (the womb)
unto
epi (Greek #1909)
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
KJV usage: about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc. (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ep-ee'
Origin: a primary preposition
the rulers of the city
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
politarches (Greek #4173)
a town-officer, i.e. magistrate
KJV usage: ruler of the city.
Pronounce: pol-it-ar'-khace
Origin: from 4172 and 757
, crying
boao (Greek #994)
to halloo, i.e. shout (for help or in a tumultuous way)
KJV usage: cry.
Pronounce: bo-ah'-o
Origin: apparently a prolonged form of a primary verb
, These
houtos (Greek #3778)
the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated)
KJV usage: he (it was that), hereof, it, she, such as, the same, these, they, this (man, same, woman), which, who.
Pronounce: hoo'-tos
Origin: οὗτοι (hoo'-toy), nominative feminine singular αὕτη (how'-tay), and nominative feminine plural αὕται (how'-tahee) from the article 3588 and 846
b that
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
have turned
anastatoo (Greek #387)
properly, to drive out of home, i.e. (by implication) to disturb (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: trouble, turn upside down, make an uproar.
Pronounce: an-as-tat-o'-o
Origin: from a derivative of 450 (in the sense of removal)
the world
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
oikoumene (Greek #3625)
land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire
KJV usage: earth, world.
Pronounce: oy-kou-men'-ay
Origin: feminine participle present passive of 3611 (as noun, by implication, of 1093)
upside down
anastatoo (Greek #387)
properly, to drive out of home, i.e. (by implication) to disturb (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: trouble, turn upside down, make an uproar.
Pronounce: an-as-tat-o'-o
Origin: from a derivative of 450 (in the sense of removal)
are come
pareimi (Greek #3918)
to be near, i.e. at hand; neuter present participle (singular) time being, or (plural) property
KJV usage: come, X have, be here, + lack, (be here) present.
Pronounce: par'-i-mee
Origin: from 3844 and 1510 (including its various forms)
hither
enthade (Greek #1759)
properly, within, i.e. (of place) here, hither
KJV usage: (t-)here, hither.
Pronounce: en-thad'-eh
Origin: from a prolonged form of 1722
also
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
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Acts 16:20• 20and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews, (Acts 16:20)
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Luke 23:5• 5But they insisted, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee even on to here. (Luke 23:5)

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Ministry on This Verse

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they drew.
Acts 6:12‑13• 12And they roused the people, and the elders, and the scribes. And coming upon him they seized him and brought him to the council.
 13And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law; (Acts 6:12‑13)
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Acts 16:19‑20• 19And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gains was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the market before the magistrates;
 20and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews, (Acts 16:19‑20)
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Acts 18:12‑13• 12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one consent rose against Paul and led him to the judgment-seat,
 13saying, This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law. (Acts 18:12‑13)
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Acts 21:28‑31• 28crying, Israelites, help! this is the man who teaches all everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place, and has brought Greeks too into the temple, and profaned this holy place.
 29For they had before seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.
 30And the whole city was moved, and there was a concourse of the people; and having laid hold on Paul they drew him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.
 31And as they were seeking to kill him, a representation came to the chiliarch of the band that the whole of Jerusalem was in a tumult; (Acts 21:28‑31)
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Acts 22:22‑23• 22And they heard him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a one as that from the earth, for it was not fit he should live.
 23And as they were crying, and throwing away their clothes, and casting dust into the air, (Acts 22:22‑23)
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Acts 24:5• 5For finding this man a pest, and moving sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a leader of the sect of the Nazaraeans; (Acts 24:5)
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Acts 28:22• 22But we beg to hear of thee what thou thinkest, for as concerning this sect it is known to us that it is everywhere spoken against. (Acts 28:22)
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1 Kings 18:17‑18• 17And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, the troubler of Israel?
 18And he said, I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah, and thou hast followed the Baals. (1 Kings 18:17‑18)
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Ex. 3:8‑9• 8And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good and spacious land, unto a land flowing with milk and honey, unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
 9And now behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me; and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. (Ex. 3:8‑9)
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Jer. 38:2‑4• 2Thus saith Jehovah: He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; and he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.
 3Thus saith Jehovah: This city shall certainly be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, and he shall take it.
 4And the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; for why should he weaken the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking to them according to these words? for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. (Jer. 38:2‑4)
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Amos 7:10• 10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. (Amos 7:10)
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Luke 23:5• 5But they insisted, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee even on to here. (Luke 23:5)
• The city-rulers, a peculiar title of the local authorities, which so much the more attests Luke's accuracy, because it occurs in no known remains of Greek antiquity. But an inscription still extant on the marble arch of the western or Vardar gate of Saloniki proves that such was the title of the Thessalonian magistrates, and that there were seven. (“Acts 17:1-15” by W. Kelly)
• {v.6-7} That the preachers of divine grace turned the world upside down was natural to say, and became a standing reproach, however untrue. {v.7} Yet is it intelligible because the gospel penetrates among high and low, and separates from the world by a divine bond to Christ in heaven. (“Acts 17:1-15” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and not having found them, dragged Jason and certain brethren before the politarchsf, crying out, These men that have set the world in tumult, are come here also,

JND Translation Notes

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The special title of the city magistrates of Thessalonica.

W. Kelly Translation

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And not having found them they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the city-rulersa, crying out, these that have turned the world upside down are come hither also,

WK Translation Notes

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Or, "politarchs." The Greek noun here is a word with its cognate verb, of common occurrence in Dio Cassius, for praefect or commandant of a city, besides its broader usage in the past as said of a king or prince. But I do not find it applied to magistrates in Greek cities, only to the praefect of Rome.