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Acts 21:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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There
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)
went
sunerchomai (Greek #4905)
to convene, depart in company with, associate with, or (specially), cohabit (conjugally)
KJV usage: accompany, assemble (with), come (together), come (company, go) with, resort.
Pronounce: soon-er'-khom-ahee
Origin: from 4862 and 2064
with
sun (Greek #4862)
with or together (but much closer than 3326 or 3844), i.e. by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.
KJV usage: beside, with. In composition it has similar applications, including completeness.
Pronounce: soon
Origin: a primary preposition denoting union
us
hemin (Greek #2254)
to (or for, with, by) us
KJV usage: our, (for) us, we.
Pronounce: hay-meen'
Origin: dative case plural of 1473
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
certain of the disciples
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
mathetes (Greek #3101)
a learner, i.e. pupil
KJV usage: disciple.
Pronounce: math-ay-tes'
Origin: from 3129
of
apo (Greek #575)
"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
KJV usage: (X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.
Pronounce: apo'
Origin: a primary particle
Caesarea
Kaisereia (Greek #2542)
Caesaria, the name of two places in Palestine
KJV usage: Caesarea.
Pronounce: kahee-sar'-i-a
Origin: from 2541
, and brought with them
ago (Greek #71)
properly, to lead; by implication, to bring, drive, (reflexively) go, (specially) pass (time), or (figuratively) induce
KJV usage: be, bring (forth), carry, (let) go, keep, lead away, be open.
Pronounce: ag'-o
Origin: a primary verb
one
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
Mnason
Mnason (Greek #3416)
Mnason, a Christian
KJV usage: Mnason.
Pronounce: mnah'-sohn
Origin: of uncertain origin
of Cyprus
Kuprios (Greek #2953)
a Cyprian (Cypriot), i.e. inhabitant of Cyprus
KJV usage: of Cyprus.
Pronounce: koo'-pree-os
Origin: from 2954
, an old
archaios (Greek #744)
original or primeval
KJV usage: (them of) old (time).
Pronounce: ar-khah'-yos
Origin: from 746
disciple
mathetes (Greek #3101)
a learner, i.e. pupil
KJV usage: disciple.
Pronounce: math-ay-tes'
Origin: from 3129
q, with
para (Greek #3844)
properly, near; i.e. (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local (especially beyond or opposed to) or causal (on account of)
KJV usage: above, against, among, at, before, by, contrary to, X friend, from, + give (such things as they), + that (she) had, X his, in, more than, nigh unto, (out) of, past, save, side...by, in the sight of, than, (there-)fore, with. In compounds it retains the same variety of application.
Pronounce: par-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition
whom
hos (Greek #3739)
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
KJV usage: one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also 3757.
Pronounce: hos
Origin: ἥ (hay), and neuter ὅ (ho) probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588)
we should lodge
xenizo (Greek #3579)
to be a host (passively, a guest); by implication, be (make, appear) strange
KJV usage: entertain, lodge, (think it) strange.
Pronounce: xen-id'-zo
Origin: from 3581
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q
Prov. 16:31•  (Prov. 16:31)

More on:

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Caesarea,
Cyprus,
Disciple,
Mnason

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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of the.
Acts 21:8• 8And on the morrow we departed and came unto Caesarea; and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we abode with him. (Acts 21:8)
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Acts 10:24,48• 24And on the morrow, he entered into Caesarea; and Cornelius was awaiting them, having called together his kinsmen and his near friends.
 48And he directed them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they entreated him to abide certain days. (Acts 10:24,48)
Cyprus.
Acts 21:3• 3and as we had sighted Cyprus, leaving it on the left, we sailed into Syria and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was to unlade her cargo. (Acts 21:3)
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Acts 11:19• 19They therefore that were scattered abroad through the tribulation that took place on the occasion of Stephen passed through as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none but Jews only. (Acts 11:19)
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Acts 15:39• 39And there arose a sharp feeling, so that they parted one from another: and Barnabas taking Mark sailed away unto Cyprus: (Acts 15:39)
an old.
Psa. 71:17‑18•  (Psa. 71:17‑18)
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Psa. 92:14•  (Psa. 92:14)
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Prov. 16:31•  (Prov. 16:31)
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Rom. 16:7• 7Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen, and my fellow prisoners, which are noted among the apostles, who also before me were in Christ. (Rom. 16:7)
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Philem. 9• 9for love's sake I rather entreat, being such a one as Paul aged and now also prisoner of Christ Jesus. (Philem. 9)
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1 John 2:13‑14• 13I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from [the] beginning; I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one; I write to you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
 14I wrote to you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from [the] beginning. (1 John 2:13‑14)
• An “old” disciple is certainly not exact, and may not even be true, ἀρχαίω expressing not his age as a man, but his discipleship from the beginning. It is interesting thus to find incidentally that Cyprus had been blest of God, not only through the visits of Paul and Barnabas, but even before. (“Acts 21:15-20” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, bringing with them a certain Mnason, a Cyprian, an old disciple, with whomc we were to lodge.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "to bring us to a certain Mnason, a Cyprian, an old disciple with whom."

W. Kelly Translation

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And there went with us also [certain] disciples from Caesarea, bringing one Mnason of Cyprus, an earlya disciple, with whom we should lodge.

WK Translation Notes

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An "old" disciple is certainly not exact, and may not even be true, (archaiō) expressing not his age as a man, but his discipleship from the beginning.