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Acts 18

Acts 18:24 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)
a 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
Jew
Ioudaios (Greek #2453)
Judaean, i.e. belonging to Jehudah
KJV usage: Jew(-ess), of Judaea.
Pronounce: ee-oo-dah'-yos
Origin: from 2448 (in the sense of 2455 as a country)
named
onoma (Greek #3686)
a "name" (literally or figuratively) (authority, character)
KJV usage: called, (+ sur-)name(-d).
Pronounce: on'-om-ah
Origin: from a presumed derivative of the base of 1097 (compare 3685)
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Apollos (Greek #625)
Apollos, an Israelite
KJV usage: Apollos.
Pronounce: ap-ol-loce'
Origin: probably from the same as 624
, born
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
genos (Greek #1085)
"kin" (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective)
KJV usage: born, country(-man), diversity, generation, kind(-red), nation, offspring, stock.
Pronounce: ghen'-os
Origin: from 1096
at Alexandria
Alexandreus (Greek #221)
an Alexandreian or inhabitant of Alexandria
KJV usage: of Alexandria, Alexandrian.
Pronounce: al-ex-and-reuce'
Origin: from Ἀλεξάνδρεια (the city so called)
, an eloquent
logios (Greek #3052)
fluent, i.e. an orator
KJV usage: eloquent.
Pronounce: log'-ee-os
Origin: from 3056
man
aner (Greek #435)
a man (properly as an individual male)
KJV usage: fellow, husband, man, sir.
Pronounce: an'-ayr
Origin: a primary word (compare 444)
, and mighty
on (Greek #5607)
and the neuter ὄν (on) present participle of 1510; being
KJV usage: be, come, have.
Pronounce: oan
Origin: οὖσα (oo'-sah)
dunatos (Greek #1415)
powerful or capable (literally or figuratively); neuter possible
KJV usage: able, could, (that is) mighty (man), possible, power, strong.
Pronounce: doo-nat-os'
Origin: from 1410
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
the scriptures
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
graphe (Greek #1124)
a document, i.e. holy Writ (or its contents or a statement in it)
KJV usage: scripture.
Pronounce: graf-ay'
, came
katantao (Greek #2658)
to meet against, i.e. arrive at (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: attain, come.
Pronounce: kat-an-tah'-o
Origin: from 2596 and a derivative of 473
to
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
Ephesus
Ephesos (Greek #2181)
Ephesus, a city of Asia Minor
KJV usage: Ephesus.
Pronounce: ef'-es-os
Origin: probably of foreign origin
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1 Cor. 1:12• 12But I speak of this, that each of you says, *I* am of Paul, and *I* of Apollos, and *I* of Cephas, and *I* of Christ. (1 Cor. 1:12)
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1 Cor. 3:5‑6• 5Who then is Apollos, and who Paul? Ministering servants, through whom ye have believed, and as the Lord has given to each.
 6*I* have planted; Apollos watered; but God has given the increase. (1 Cor. 3:5‑6)
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Titus 3:13• 13Zenas the lawyer and Apollos set forward diligently on their way, that nothing may be lacking to them; (Titus 3:13)

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Alexandria,
Apollos,
Eloquent,
Ephesian; of Ephesus,
Jew,
Scripture

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Apollos.
Acts 19:1• 1And it came to pass, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper districts, came to Ephesus, and finding certain disciples, (Acts 19:1)
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1 Cor. 1:12• 12But I speak of this, that each of you says, *I* am of Paul, and *I* of Apollos, and *I* of Cephas, and *I* of Christ. (1 Cor. 1:12)
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1 Cor. 3:5‑6• 5Who then is Apollos, and who Paul? Ministering servants, through whom ye have believed, and as the Lord has given to each.
 6*I* have planted; Apollos watered; but God has given the increase. (1 Cor. 3:5‑6)
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1 Cor. 4:6• 6Now these things, brethren, I have transferred, in their application, to myself and Apollos, for your sakes, that ye may learn in us the lesson of not letting your thoughts go above what is written, that ye may not be puffed up one for such a one against another. (1 Cor. 4:6)
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1 Cor. 16:12• 12Now concerning the brother Apollos, I begged him much that he would go to you with the brethren; but it was not at all his will to go now; but he will come when he shall have good opportunity. (1 Cor. 16:12)
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Titus 3:13• 13Zenas the lawyer and Apollos set forward diligently on their way, that nothing may be lacking to them; (Titus 3:13)
Alexandria.
Acts 6:9• 9And there arose up certain of those of the synagogue called of freedmen, and of Cyrenians, and of Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen. (Acts 6:9)
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Acts 27:6• 6and there the centurion having found a ship of Alexandria sailing to Italy, he made us go on board her. (Acts 27:6)
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Ex. 4:10• 10And Moses said to Jehovah, Ah Lord! I am not eloquent, neither heretofore nor since thou hast spoken to thy servant, for I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue. (Ex. 4:10)
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Isa. 3:3• 3the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the clever among artificers, and the one versed in enchantments. (Isa. 3:3)
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1 Cor. 2:1‑2• 1And *I*, when I came to you, brethren, came not in excellency of word, or wisdom, announcing to you the testimony of God.
 2For I did not judge it well to know anything among you save Jesus Christ, and *him* crucified. (1 Cor. 2:1‑2)
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2 Cor. 10:10• 10because his letters, he says, are weighty and strong, but his presence in the body weak, and his speech naught. (2 Cor. 10:10)
mighty.
Acts 18:28• 28For he with great force convinced the Jews publicly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ. (Acts 18:28)
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Acts 7:22• 22And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds. (Acts 7:22)
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Ezra 7:6,12• 6--this Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Jehovah the God of Israel had given. And the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him.
 12Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, an accomplished scribe of the law of the God of the heavens, and so forth. (Ezra 7:6,12)
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Matt. 13:52• 52And he said to them, For this reason every scribe discipled to the kingdom of the heavens is like a man that is a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old. (Matt. 13:52)
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Luke 24:19• 19And he said to them, What things? And they said to him, The things concerning Jesus the Nazaraean, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people; (Luke 24:19)
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Col. 3:16• 16Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God. (Col. 3:16)
• From verse 24 of chapter 18 to verse 7 of chapter 19 we have a kind of summary of the progress made by the doctrine of Christ, and of the power that accompanied it. (“Acts 18:1-19:7” by J.N. Darby)
• Nor was he merely a scholar and otherwise competent, but already instructed in the way of the Lord. Born of God, he was as to intelligence in advance of a God-fearing Jew, but short of the fuller truth which the gospel affords. (“Acts 18:24-28” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But a certain Jew, Apollos by name, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, who was mighty in the scriptures, arrived at Ephesus.

W. Kelly Translation

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But a certain Jew, Apollosa by name, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquentb man, arrived at Ephesus, being mighty in the scriptures.

WK Translation Notes

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A few MSS. confound Apollos with Apelles ({vi 28347}{/vi}).
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Or, "learned."