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Acts 4:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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So
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 had further threatened
prosapeileo (Greek #4324)
to menace additionally
KJV usage: i.e. threaten further.
Pronounce: pros-ap-i-leh'-o
Origin: from 4314 and 546
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)
, they let them go
apoluo (Greek #630)
to free fully, i.e. (literally) relieve, release, dismiss (reflexively, depart), or (figuratively) let die, pardon or (specially) divorce
KJV usage: (let) depart, dismiss, divorce, forgive, let go, loose, put (send) away, release, set at liberty.
Pronounce: ap-ol-oo'-o
Origin: from 575 and 3089
, finding
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
nothing
medeis (Greek #3367)
not even one (man, woman, thing)
KJV usage: any (man, thing), no (man), none, not (at all, any man, a whit), nothing, + without delay.
Pronounce: may-dice'
Origin: μηδεμία (may-dem-ee'-ah), and the neuter μηδέν (may-den') from 3361 and 1520
how
pos (Greek #4459)
an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
KJV usage: how, after (by) what manner (means), that. (Occasionally unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: poce
Origin: adverb from the base of 4226
they might punish
kolazo (Greek #2849)
properly, to curtail, i.e. (figuratively) to chastise (or reserve for infliction)
KJV usage: punish.
Pronounce: kol-ad'-zo
Origin: from κόλος (dwarf)
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)
, becausem of
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
the people
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
laos (Greek #2992)
a people (in general; thus differing from 1218, which denotes one's own populace)
KJV usage: people.
Pronounce: lah-os'
Origin: apparently a primary word
: for
dia (Greek #1223)
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
KJV usage: after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) ... fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.
Pronounce: dee-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act
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 glorified
doxazo (Greek #1392)
to render (or esteem) glorious (in a wide application)
KJV usage: (make) glorify(-ious), full of (have) glory, honour, magnify.
Pronounce: dox-ad'-zo
Origin: from 1391
God
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
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
for
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
that
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
which was done
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
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Acts 5:26• 26Then the captain went away with the officers, and brought them, not with violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned. (Acts 5:26)
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Matt. 21:26• 26{i}but if we should say, Of men, we fear the crowd, for all hold John for a prophet.{/i} (Matt. 21:26)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Acts 4:17• 17But that it be not spread farther among the people, let us threaten them severely to speak to no man longer in this name. (Acts 4:17)
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Acts 5:40• 40And to him they yielded, and having called the apostles, they beat and charged [them] not to speak on the name of Jesus, and let them go. (Acts 5:40)
how.
Acts 5:26• 26Then the captain went away with the officers, and brought them, not with violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned. (Acts 5:26)
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Matt. 21:46• 46{i}And seeking to lay hold of him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him for a prophet.{/i} (Matt. 21:46)
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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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Luke 19:47‑48• 47{i}And{/i} he was teaching day by day in the temple; and the chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him,
 48and did not find what they could do, for all the people hung on him while hearing. (Luke 19:47‑48)
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Luke 20:6,19• 6but if we should say, Of men, the whole people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.
 19And the scribes and the chief priests that very hour sought to lay hands on him, and they feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken this parable of them. (Luke 20:6,19)
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Luke 22:2• 2and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might kill him, for they were afraid of the people. (Luke 22:2)
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Acts 3:6‑9• 6But Peter said, Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, this I give thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth walk.
 7And grasping him by the right hand he raised [him] up; and immediately his feet and ankle-bones were made strong.
 8And leaping up he stood and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping, and praising God.
 9And all the people saw him walking and praising God; (Acts 3:6‑9)
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Matt. 9:33• 33And the demon having been cast out, the dumb spoke; and the crowds wondered, saying, It was never seen thus in Israel. (Matt. 9:33)
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Matt. 15:31• 31{i}so that the crowds wondered, seeing dumb speaking, crippled sound, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel{/i}. (Matt. 15:31)
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Luke 5:26• 26And amazement seized all, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things Today. (Luke 5:26)
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Luke 13:17• 17And as he said these things, all who were opposed to him were ashamed, and all the crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things which were being done by him. (Luke 13:17)
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John 12:18‑19• 18Therefore also the crowd met him, because they heard that he had done this sign.
 19The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Ye behold that ye profit nothing: behold, the world is gone away after him. (John 12:18‑19)
• Threatening, and further threatening, are tokens of weakness and ill-will, not of power which knows how to forbear till the critical moment come. (“Acts 4:13-22” by W. Kelly)
• The Jewish rulers feared not God but the people, and would have punished the holy servants of Christ if they could only have found an excuse plausible before men. (“Acts 4:13-22” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But they, having further threatened them, let them go, finding no way how they might punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified God for what had taken place;

W. Kelly Translation

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And they having further threatened them let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them on account of the people, because all were glorifying God for what had been done.