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And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
ὃνhonwhom
Lemma: ὅς (hos, hē) · Strong's: G3739
Parsing: Relative pronoun · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (R-ASM)
Meaning: which — ὅς, ἥ, ὅ, ; the postpositive article (ἄρθρον ὑποτακτικόν). ; I. As demonstr. pron. = οὗτος, ὅδε, this, that, also for αὐτός, chiefly in nom.: ὅς δέ, but he (cf. ἦ δὲ ὅς, frequently in Plat.), Mrk.15:23, Jhn.5:11; ὃς μὲν…
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Used 1433 times. Also: Matthew 1:16, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 1:25, Matthew 2:9, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 3:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3739; TFLSJ G3739; TAGNT Acts 12:4 word 1
καὶkaialso
Lemma: καί (kai) · Strong's: G2532
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: and — καί, ; conj., ; and ; I. Copulative. ; 1. Connecting single words; (a) in general: Mat.2:18, 16:1, Mrk.2:15, Luk.8:15, Heb.1:1, al. mult.; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Mat.23:23, Luk.14:21, Rom.7:12,…
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Used 9450 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:17, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2532; TFLSJ G2532; TAGNT Acts 12:4 word 2
πιάσαςpiasashaving seized
Lemma: πιάζω (piazō) · Strong's: G4084
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (V-AAP-NSM)
Meaning: to arrest/catch — πιάζω; (cf. MGr. πιάνω; see Kennedy, Sources, 155), Doric and late Att.. for πιέζω in its later senses [in LXX: Sng.2:15 (אָחַז), Sir.23:21 * ; ] ; 1. to lay hold of: Act.3:7 (Theocr.). ; 2. to take, capture, apprehend:…
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Used 12 times. Also: John 7:30, John 7:32, John 7:44, John 8:20, John 10:39, John 11:57 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4084; TFLSJ G4084; TAGNT Acts 12:4 word 3
ἔθετοethetohe put
Lemma: τίθημι (tithēmi) · Strong's: G5087
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Middle · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-2AMI-3S)
Meaning: to place — τίθημι, ; [in LXX for שִׁית ,נתן ,שׂוּם, etc. ; ] ; 1. causative of κεῖμαι, ; (a) to place, lay, set: Luk.6:48, Rom.9:33, al.; of laying the dead to rest, Mrk.15:47, Luk.23:55, Jhn.11:34, Act.7:16, al.; before ἐπί, with…
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Used 100 times. Also: Matthew 5:15, Matthew 12:18, Matthew 22:44, Matthew 24:51, Matthew 27:60, Mark 4:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5087; TFLSJ G5087; TAGNT Acts 12:4 word 4
εἰςeisin
Lemma: εἰς (eis) · Strong's: G1519
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: toward — εἰς, ; prep. with accusative, ; expressing entrance, direction, limit, into, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among (Lat. in, with accusative). ; I. Of place. ; 1. After verbs of motion; (a) of entrance into: Mat.8:23,…
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Used 1796 times. Also: Matthew 2:1, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:11, Matthew 2:12, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1519; TFLSJ G1519; TAGNT Acts 12:4 word 5
φυλακὴνphulakēnprison
Lemma: φυλακή (phulakē) · Strong's: G5438G
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (N-ASF)
Meaning: prison/watch: prison — φυλακή, -ῆς, ἡ; (φυλάσσω) [in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁמֶרֶת and cogn. forms, also for כֶּלֶא etc. ; ] ; (a) actively, a guarding, guard, watch (Hom., Plat., Xen., al.): cogn. accusative, φυλάσσειν φυλακάς, to keep watch,…
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Used 42 times. Also: Matthew 5:25, Matthew 14:3, Matthew 14:10, Matthew 18:30, Matthew 25:36, Matthew 25:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5438G; TFLSJ G5438G; TAGNT Acts 12:4 word 6
παραδοὺςparadoushaving delivered [him]
Lemma: παραδίδωμι (paradidōmi) · Strong's: G3860
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (V-2AAP-NSM)
Meaning: to deliver — παρα-δίδωμι, ; [in LXX chiefly for נתן ; ] correl. to παρδέχομαι, ; 1. to give or hand over to another: with accusative and dative, Mat.11:27 25:14, Luk.4:6, al.; of being delivered up to a course of teaching, pass.…
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Used 121 times. Also: Matthew 4:12, Matthew 5:25, Matthew 10:4, Matthew 10:17, Matthew 10:19, Matthew 10:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3860; TFLSJ G3860; TAGNT Acts 12:4 word 7
τέσσαρσινtessarsinto four
Lemma: τέσσαρες (tessares) · Strong's: G5064
Parsing: Adjective · Dative · Plural · Neuter (A-DPN)
Meaning: four — τέσσαρες; (and Ion. and late -ερεν, and late accusative -εν; see WH, App., 150; M, Pr., 36, 45 f.), οἱ, αἱ, -αρα, τά, genitive, -ων, ; four: Mat.24:31, Mrk.2:3, Luk.2:37, Jhn.11:17 19:23, Act.10:11, Rev.4:4, 6, al ; (AS)
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Used 41 times. Also: Matthew 24:31, Mark 2:3, Mark 13:27, Luke 2:37, John 11:17, John 19:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5064; TFLSJ G5064; TAGNT Acts 12:4 word 8
τετραδίοιςtetradioissets of four
Lemma: τετράδιον (tetradion) · Strong's: G5069
Parsing: Noun · Dative · Plural · Neuter (N-DPN)
Meaning: squad of four — τετράδιον, ου, τό ; a quarternion, a group of four: στρατιωτῶν, Act.12:4 (Philo). ; (AS)
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Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5069; TFLSJ G5069; TAGNT Acts 12:4 word 9
στρατιωτῶνstratiōtōnsoldiers
Lemma: στρατιώτης (stratiōtēs) · Strong's: G4757
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Plural · Masculine (N-GPM)
Meaning: soldier — στρατιώτης, -ου, ὁ ; [in LXX; 2Ki.23:8 B1, 2Ma.5:12 2Mac 14:39, III Mac 3:12; 3Ma.3:4 Mac3 * ; ] ; a soldier: Mat.8:9, Mrk.15:16, Jhn.19:2, Act.10:7, al.; metaphorically, σ. Χριστοῦ Ἰησ., 2Ti.2:3.†; (AS)
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Used 26 times. Also: Matthew 8:9, Matthew 27:27, Matthew 28:12, Mark 15:16, Luke 7:8, Luke 23:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4757; TFLSJ G4757; TAGNT Acts 12:4 word 10
φυλάσσεινphulasseinto guard
Lemma: φυλάσσω (phulassō) · Strong's: G5442H
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Infinitive (V-PAN)
Meaning: to keep/guard: guard — φυλάσσω ; [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for שָׁמַר, also for נָצַר, etc. ; ] ; to guard, watch; (a) to guard or watch: with cogn. accusative, φυλακάς, Luk.2:8; with accusative of person(s), Act.12:4 28:16; pass.,…
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Used 5 times. Also: Luke 8:29, Luke 11:21, Acts 23:35, Acts 28:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5442H; TFLSJ G5442H; TAGNT Acts 12:4 word 11
αὐτόν,autonhim,
Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846
Parsing: Personal pronoun · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (P-ASM)
Meaning: it/s/he — αὐτός, -ή, -ό, ; determinative pron., in late Gk. much more frequently than in cl. (WM, 178f.; Jannaris, HGG, §1399). ; 1. Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., see infr., iii); (1) self (ipse),…
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Used 5846 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0846; TFLSJ G0846; TAGNT Acts 12:4 word 12
βουλόμενοςboulomenosintending
Lemma: βούλομαι (boulomai) · Strong's: G1014
Parsing: Verb · Present · Middle or Passive Deponent · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (V-PNP-NSM)
Meaning: to plan — βούλομαι, ; [in LXX for חפץ, אבה, יעץ, etc. ; ] ; to will, wish, desire, purpose, be minded, implying more strongly than θέλω (which see), the deliberate exercise of volition (see Hort on Jas.1:18): with inf. (M, Pr.,…
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Used 37 times. Also: Matthew 1:19, Matthew 11:27, Mark 15:15, Luke 10:22, Luke 22:42, John 18:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1014; TFLSJ G1014; TAGNT Acts 12:4 word 13
μετὰmetaafter
Lemma: μετά (meta) · Strong's: G3326
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: with/after — μετά (before vowel μετ᾽; on the neglect of elision in certain cases, V. WH, App., 146 b), ; prep. with genitive, accusative (in poet, also with dative), [in LXX for אַחַד ,עִם ,אֵת, etc.]. ; I. C. genitive, ; 1. among,…
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Used 475 times. Also: Matthew 1:12, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:3, Matthew 2:11, Matthew 4:21, Matthew 5:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3326; TFLSJ G3326; TAGNT Acts 12:4 word 14
τὸtothe
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (T-ASN)
Meaning: the/this/who — ὁ, ἡ, τό, ; the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article. ; I. As demonstr. pron. ; 1. As frequently in Hom.,…
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Used 20654 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3588; TFLSJ G3588; TAGNT Acts 12:4 word 15
πάσχαpaschaPassover
Lemma: πάσχα (pascha) · Strong's: G3957
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (N-ASN)
Meaning: Passover lamb — πάσχα, τό indecl. (Aram. טַּסְחָא), ; [in LXX for פֶּסַח ; ] ; 1. the festival of the Passover: Mat.26:2, Mrk.14:1, Luk.22:1, Jhn.2:13, 23 6:4 11:55 12:1 18:39 19:14, Act.12:4, Heb.11:28; .ἡ ἐορτὴ τοῦ π., Luk.2:41,…
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Used 29 times. Also: Matthew 26:2, Matthew 26:17, Matthew 26:18, Matthew 26:19, Mark 14:1, Mark 14:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3957; TFLSJ G3957; TAGNT Acts 12:4 word 16
ἀναγαγεῖνanagageinto bring out
Lemma: ἀνάγω (anagō) · Strong's: G0321
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Infinitive (V-2AAN)
Meaning: to lead — ἀν-άγω ; [in LXX chiefly for עָלָה hi. ; ] ; to lead or bring up: before είς, with accusative loc., Mat.4:1, Luk.2:22 4:5 (WH om. είς, κ.τ.λ.), Act.9:39 16:34; of raising the dead (cl.), ἐκ νεκρῶν, Rom.10:7, Heb.13:20;…
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Used 23 times. Also: Matthew 4:1, Luke 2:22, Luke 4:5, Luke 8:22, Acts 7:41, Acts 9:39 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0321; TFLSJ G0321; TAGNT Acts 12:4 word 17
αὐτὸνautonhim
Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846
Parsing: Personal pronoun · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (P-ASM)
Meaning: it/s/he — αὐτός, -ή, -ό, ; determinative pron., in late Gk. much more frequently than in cl. (WM, 178f.; Jannaris, HGG, §1399). ; 1. Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., see infr., iii); (1) self (ipse),…
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Used 5846 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0846; TFLSJ G0846; TAGNT Acts 12:4 word 18
τῷtōto the
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Dative · Singular · Masculine (T-DSM)
Meaning: the/this/who — ὁ, ἡ, τό, ; the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article. ; I. As demonstr. pron. ; 1. As frequently in Hom.,…
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Used 20654 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3588; TFLSJ G3588; TAGNT Acts 12:4 word 19
λαῷ.¶laōpeople.
Lemma: λαός (laos) · Strong's: G2992
Parsing: Noun · Dative · Singular · Masculine (N-DSM)
Meaning: a people — λαός, -οῦ, ὁ, ; [in LXX very frequently for עַם, Gen.14:16, al.; occasionally for לְאֹם ( Gen.25:23, al.), etc. ; ] ; a word rarely found in Att. prose; 1. the people at large (Hom., al.), esp. of people assembled:…
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Used 143 times. Also: Matthew 1:21, Matthew 2:4, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 4:16, Matthew 4:23, Matthew 9:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2992; TFLSJ G2992; TAGNT Acts 12:4 word 20
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| He arrested | → | πιάζω G4084 to arrest/catch |
| [him] | → | ὅς G3739 which |
| and | → | καί G2532 and |
| put [him] | → | τίθημι G5087 to place |
| in | → | εἰς G1519 toward |
| prison | → | φυλακή G5438G prison/watch: prison |
| handing [him] over | → | παραδίδωμι G3860 to deliver |
| to be guarded | → | φυλάσσω G5442H to keep/guard: guard |
| . . . | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
| by four | → | τέσσαρες G5064 four |
| squads of four | → | τετράδιον G5069 squad of four |
| soldiers [each] | → | στρατιώτης G4757 soldier |
| [Herod] intended | → | βούλομαι G1014 to plan |
| to bring him out | → | ἀνάγω G0321 to lead |
| . . . | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
| to the | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| people | → | λαός G2992 a people |
| after | → | μετά G3326 with/after |
| the | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| Passover | → | πάσχα G3957 Passover lamb |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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