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Acts 19:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Many
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)
hikanos (Greek #2425)
competent (as if coming in season), i.e. ample (in amount) or fit (in character)
KJV usage: able, + content, enough, good, great, large, long (while), many, meet, much, security, sore, sufficient, worthy.
Pronounce: hik-an-os'
Origin: from ἵκω (ἱκάνω or ἱκνέομαι, akin to 2240) (to arrive)
of them
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
also which used
prasso (Greek #4238)
to "practise", i.e. perform repeatedly or habitually (thus differing from 4160, which properly refers to a single act); by implication, to execute, accomplish, etc.; specially, to collect (dues), fare (personally)
KJV usage: commit, deeds, do, exact, keep, require, use arts.
Pronounce: pras'-so
Origin: a primary verb
curious arts
periergos (Greek #4021)
working all around, i.e. officious (meddlesome, neuter plural magic)
KJV usage: busybody, curious arts.
Pronounce: per-ee'-er-gos
Origin: from 4012 and 2041
brought their
sumphero (Greek #4851)
to bear together (contribute), i.e. (literally) to collect, or (figuratively) to conduce; especially (neuter participle as a noun) advantage
KJV usage: be better for, bring together, be expedient (for), be good, (be) profit(-able for).
Pronounce: soom-fer'-o
Origin: from 4862 and 5342 (including its alternate)
books
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
biblos (Greek #976)
properly, the inner bark of the papyrus plant, i.e. (by implication) a sheet or scroll of writing
KJV usage: book.
Pronounce: bib'-los
together
sumphero (Greek #4851)
to bear together (contribute), i.e. (literally) to collect, or (figuratively) to conduce; especially (neuter participle as a noun) advantage
KJV usage: be better for, bring together, be expedient (for), be good, (be) profit(-able for).
Pronounce: soom-fer'-o
Origin: from 4862 and 5342 (including its alternate)
, and burned them
katakaio (Greek #2618)
to burn down (to the ground), i.e. consume wholly
KJV usage: burn (up, utterly).
Pronounce: kat-ak-ah'-ee-o
Origin: from 2596 and 2545
before
enopion (Greek #1799)
in the face of (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: before, in the presence (sight) of, to.
Pronounce: en-o'-pee-on
Origin: neuter of a compound of 1722 and a derivative of 3700
all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
men: 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
they counted
sumpsephizo (Greek #4860)
to compute jointly
KJV usage: reckon.
Pronounce: soom-psay-fid'-zo
Origin: from 4862 and 5585
the price
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
time (Greek #5092)
a value, i.e. money paid, or (concretely and collectively) valuables; by analogy, esteem (especially of the highest degree), or the dignity itself
KJV usage: honour, precious, price, some.
Pronounce: tee-may'
Origin: from 5099
of 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)
, 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
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
it fifty
pente (Greek #4002)
"five"
KJV usage: five.
Pronounce: pen'-teh
Origin: a primary number
thousand
murias (Greek #3461)
a ten-thousand; by extension, a "myriad" or indefinite number
KJV usage: ten thousand.
Pronounce: moo-ree'-as
Origin: from 3463
pieces of silver
argurion (Greek #694)
silvery, i.e. (by implication) cash; specially, a silverling (i.e. drachma or shekel)
KJV usage: money, (piece of) silver (piece).
Pronounce: ar-goo'-ree-on
Origin: neuter of a presumed derivative of 696
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Curious Arts,
Pieces of Gold or of Silver,
Silver

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Acts 8:9‑11• 9But a certain man, by name Simon, had been before in the city, using magic arts, and astonishing the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great one.
 10To whom they had all given heed, from small to great, saying, This is the power of God which is called great.
 11And they gave heed to him, because that for a long time he had astonished them by his magic arts. (Acts 8:9‑11)
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Acts 13:6,8• 6And having passed through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man a magician, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus,
 8But Elymas the magician (for so his name is by interpretation) opposed them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith. (Acts 13:6,8)
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Ex. 7:11,22• 11And Pharaoh also called the sages and the sorcerers; and they too, the scribes of Egypt, did so with their enchantments:
 22And the scribes of Egypt did so with their sorceries; and Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, neither did he hearken to them, as Jehovah had said. (Ex. 7:11,22)
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Deut. 18:10‑12• 10There shall not be found among you he that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, that useth divination, that useth auguries, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
 11or a charmer, or one that inquireth of a spirit of Python, or a soothsayer, or one that consulteth the dead.
 12For every one that doeth these things is an abomination to Jehovah, and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth dispossess them from before thee. (Deut. 18:10‑12)
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1 Sam. 28:7‑9• 7Then said Saul to his servants, Seek me a woman that has a spirit of Python, that I may go to her and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman who has a spirit of Python at En-dor.
 8And Saul disguised himself, and put on other garments, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night; and he said, I pray thee, divine to me by the spirit of Python, and bring me him up whom I shall name to thee.
 9And the woman said to him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul has done, how he has cut off the necromancers and the soothsayers out of the land; and why layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die? (1 Sam. 28:7‑9)
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1 Chron. 10:13• 13And Saul died for his unfaithfulness which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah which he kept not, and also for having inquired of the spirit of Python, asking counsel of it; (1 Chron. 10:13)
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2 Chron. 33:6• 6He also caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he used magic and divination and sorcery, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger. (2 Chron. 33:6)
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Isa. 8:19• 19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto the necromancers and unto the soothsayers, who chirp and who mutter, say, Shall not a people seek unto their God? Will they go for the living unto the dead? (Isa. 8:19)
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Isa. 47:12‑13• 12Stand now with thine enchantments and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to turn them to profit, if so be thou mayest cause terror.
 13Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the interpreters of the heavens, the observers of the stars, who predict according to the new moons what shall come upon thee, stand up, and save thee. (Isa. 47:12‑13)
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Dan. 2:2• 2And the king commanded to call the scribes, and the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to shew the king his dreams; and they came and stood before the king. (Dan. 2:2)
curious.[Periergos ,] curious, that is, magical arts, in which sense the word is used in the Greek writers.
The study of magic was prosecuted with such zeal at Ephesus, that [Ephesios gramma ,] the Ephesian letters, certain charms, or words used in incantation, became much celebrated in antiquity.and burned.
Gen. 35:4• 4And they gave to Jacob all the strange gods that were in their hand, and the rings that were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the terebinth that is by Shechem. (Gen. 35:4)
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Ex. 32:20• 20And he took the calf that they had made, and burned it with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it. (Ex. 32:20)
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Deut. 7:25‑26• 25The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire; thou shalt not covet the silver and gold that is on them and take it unto thee, lest thou be ensnared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.
 26And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. (Deut. 7:25‑26)
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Isa. 2:20‑21• 20In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made each for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
 21to go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the fissures of the cliffs, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall arise to terrify the earth. (Isa. 2:20‑21)
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Isa. 30:22• 22And ye shall defile the silver covering of your graven images, and the gold overlaying of your molten images; thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth: Out! shalt thou say unto it. (Isa. 30:22)
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Matt. 5:29‑30• 29But if thy right eye be a snare to thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.
 30And if thy right hand be a snare to thee, cut it off and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell. (Matt. 5:29‑30)
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Luke 14:33• 33Thus then every one of you who forsakes not all that is his own cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:33)
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Heb. 10:34• 34For ye both sympathised with prisoners and accepted with joy the plunder of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better substance, and an abiding one. (Heb. 10:34)
fifty.Probably Attic drachms; which at 7.®d. each, would amount to 1,562£. 10s. or at, 9d. each, to 1,875£.
• The mighty action of the Spirit showed itself by the decision it produced, by the immediate and unhesitating acting out of the thoughts and resolutions produced in the heart. (“Acts 19:8-41” by J.N. Darby)
• Living facts brought home the power of the word, and conscience responded at once. This was one of the many ways in which the Holy Spirit wrought at Ephesus. (“Acts 19:13-20” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And many of those that practised curious arts brought their books of charms and burnt them before all. And they reckoned up the prices of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

W. Kelly Translation

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And not a few of those that practiced curious arts brought their books and burnt [them] before all. And they summed up the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.