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Acts 21

Acts 21:31 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)
as they went about
zeteo (Greek #2212)
to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)
KJV usage: be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means). Compare 4441.
Pronounce: dzay-teh'-o
Origin: of uncertain affinity
a to kill
apokteino (Greek #615)
to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy
KJV usage: put to death, kill, slay.
Pronounce: ap-ok-ti'-no
Origin: from 575 and κτείνω (to slay)
him
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)
, tidings
phasis (Greek #5334)
a saying, i.e. report
KJV usage: tidings.
Pronounce: fas'-is
Origin: from 5346 (not the same as "phase", which is from 5316)
came unto
anabaino (Greek #305)
to go up (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: arise, ascend (up), climb (go, grow, rise, spring) up, come (up).
Pronounce: an-ab-ah'-ee-no
Origin: from 303 and the base of 939
the chief captain
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
chiliarchos (Greek #5506)
the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch"; i.e. colonel
KJV usage: (chief, high) captain.
Pronounce: khil-ee'-ar-khos
Origin: from 5507 and 757
of the band
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
speira (Greek #4686)
a coil (spira, "spire"), i.e. (figuratively) a mass of men (a Roman military cohort; also (by analogy) a squad of Levitical janitors)
KJV usage: band.
Pronounce: spi'-rah
Origin: of immediate Latin origin, but ultimately a derivative of 138 in the sense of its cognate 1507
, 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
all
holos (Greek #3650)
"whole" or "all", i.e. complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb
KJV usage: all, altogether, every whit, + throughout, whole.
Pronounce: hol'-os
Origin: a primary word
Jerusalem
Hierousalem (Greek #2419)
Hierusalem (i.e. Jerushalem), the capitol of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem. Compare 2414.
Pronounce: hee-er-oo-sal-ame'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03389)
was in an uproar
sugcheo (Greek #4797)
to commingle promiscuously, i.e. (figuratively) to throw (an assembly) into disorder, to perplex (the mind)
KJV usage: confound, confuse, stir up, be in an uproar.
Pronounce: soong-kheh'-o
Origin: or συγχύνω (soong-khoo'-no) from 4862 and χέω (to pour) or its alternate
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2 Cor. 11:23• 23Are they ministers of Christ? (Beside myself I speak) I above measure; in labours very abundantly, in prisons very abundantly, in stripes exceedingly, in deaths often. (2 Cor. 11:23)
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Jerusalem

Cross References

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Acts 22:22• 22And they gave him audience unto this word, and they lifted up their voices and said, Away with such [a fellow] from the earth; for it is not fit that he should live. (Acts 22:22)
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Acts 26:9‑10• 9I therefore thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene;
 10which things I also did in Jerusalem; and I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received the authority from the chief priests, and I railed against [them] when they were put to death; (Acts 26:9‑10)
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John 16:2• 2They will put you out of the synagogue; nay, an hour is coming that everyone who hath killed you will think that he is offering service to God. (John 16:2)
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2 Cor. 11:23‑33• 23Are they ministers of Christ? (Beside myself I speak) I above measure; in labours very abundantly, in prisons very abundantly, in stripes exceedingly, in deaths often.
 24From Jews five times I received forty [stripes] save one;
 25thrice was I beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
 26by wayfarings often, by dangers of rivers, by dangers of robbers, by dangers from countrymen, by dangers from Gentiles, by dangers in town, by dangers in desert, by dangers at sea, by dangers among false brethren, by toil and trouble;
 27in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
 28Apart from things without, my pressing care day by day, the concern for all the assemblies.
 29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is stumbled, and I burn not?
 30If I must boast, I will boast in the matters of my infirmity.
 31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he that is blessed forever, knoweth that I lie not.
 32In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king garrisoned the Damascenes' city to seize me;
 33and through a window I was let down in a basket by the wall and escaped his hands. (2 Cor. 11:23‑33)
chief.
Acts 23:17• 17And Paul called to [him] one of the centurions and said, Bring this young man to the commander; for he hath something to report to him. (Acts 23:17)
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Acts 24:7,22• 7But Lysias the commander came and with great violence took [him] away from our hands,
 22But Felix, having more accurate knowledge concerning the Way, adjourned them, saying, When Lysias the commander is come down, I will determine your matter. (Acts 24:7,22)
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Acts 25:23• 23Therefore on the morrow when Agrippa came, and Bernice, with great pomp, and they entered into the audience chamber with the commanders and the distinguished men of the city, at the command of Festus Paul was brought. (Acts 25:23)
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John 18:12• 12The band therefore and the commander , and the officials of the Jews, took Jesus and bound him (John 18:12)
that all.
Acts 21:38• 38Thou art not, then, the Egyptian who before these days stirred up to sedition, and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the assassins? (Acts 21:38)
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Acts 17:5• 5But the Jews, having been stirred up to jealousy, took unto them certain wicked men of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city in confusion, and besetting the house of Jason, sought to bring them out to the people. (Acts 17:5)
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Acts 19:40• 40For indeed we are in danger of being accused of riot today, there being no cause concerning which we shall be able to render an account of this concourse. (Acts 19:40)
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1 Kings 1:41•  (1 Kings 1:41)
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Matt. 26:5• 5{i}but they said, Not in the feast, that there be not a tumult among the people.{/i} (Matt. 26:5)
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Mark 14:2• 2{i}For they said, Not{/i} in the feast, lest there be a tumult of the people. (Mark 14:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And as they were seeking to kill him, a representation came to the chiliarchb of the band that the whole of Jerusalem was in a tumult;

JND Translation Notes

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b
Commander of 1,000 men.

W. Kelly Translation

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And as they were seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the chief officera of the cohort, that the whole of Jerusalem was in confusion,

WK Translation Notes

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a
Or, "chiliarch."