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As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication. (KJV)
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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.
περὶperiConcerning
Lemma: περί (peri) · Strong's: G4012
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: about — περί, ; prep. with genitive, accusative (in cl. also with dative; cf. M, Pr., 105f.), ; with radical sense round about (as distinct from ἀμφί, on both sides). ; I. C. genitive, ; 1. of place, about (poët.). ; 2. Causal,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 334 times. Also: Matthew 2:8, Matthew 3:4, Matthew 4:6, Matthew 6:28, Matthew 8:18, Matthew 9:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4012; TFLSJ G4012; TAGNT Acts 21:25 word 1
δὲdenow
Lemma: δέ (de) · Strong's: G1161
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: then — δέ (before vowels δ᾽; on the general neglect of the elision in NT, see WH, App., 146; Tdf., Pr., 96), ; post-positive conjunctive particle; 1. copulative, but, in the next place, and, now (Abbott, JG, 104): Mat.1:2ff.,…
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Used 2921 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1161; TFLSJ G1161; TAGNT Acts 21:25 word 2
τῶνtōnthose
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Genitive · Plural · Neuter (T-GPN)
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 21:25 word 3
πεπιστευκότωνpepisteukotōnhaving believed
Lemma: πιστεύω (pisteuō) · Strong's: G4100
Parsing: Verb · Perfect · Active · Participle · Genitive · Plural · Neuter (V-RAP-GPN)
Meaning: to trust (in) — πιστεύω, ; [in LXX chiefly for אמן hi. ; ] ; 1. intrans., to have faith (in), to believe; in cl., with accusative, dative, in NT also with prep, (on the significance of the various constructions, see M, Pr., 67f.; Vau.…
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Used 245 times. Also: Matthew 8:13, Matthew 9:28, Matthew 18:6, Matthew 21:22, Matthew 21:25, Matthew 21:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4100; TFLSJ G4100; TAGNT Acts 21:25 word 4
ἐθνῶνethnōnof the Gentiles
Lemma: ἔθνος (ethnos) · Strong's: G1484
Parsing: Noun · Genitive · Plural · Neuter (N-GPN)
Meaning: Gentiles — ἔθνος, -ους, τό, ; [in LXX chiefly for עַם ,גּוֹי ; ] ; 1. a multitude, a company, whether of beasts or men (Hom.). ; 2. a nation, people: Mat.21:43 24:7, Mrk.13:8, Luk.22:25, Act.10:35, al.; in sing., of the Jewish…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 165 times. Also: Matthew 4:15, Matthew 6:32, Matthew 10:5, Matthew 10:18, Matthew 12:18, Matthew 12:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1484; TFLSJ G1484; TAGNT Acts 21:25 word 5
ἡμεῖςhēmeiswe ourselves
Lemma: μέ (me) · Strong's: G3165
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 1st · Nominative · Plural (P-1NP)
Meaning: me — 1. apostrophe for με. ; 2. rarely for μοι, (Homer) (ML)
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Used 2026 times. Also: Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 3:11, Matthew 3:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3165; TFLSJ G3165; TAGNT Acts 21:25 word 6
ἐπεστείλαμενepesteilamenwrote to
Lemma: ἐπιστέλλω (epistellō) · Strong's: G1989
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Indicative · 1st · Plural (V-AAI-1P)
Meaning: to write to — ἐπι-στέλλω ; [in LXX: 3Ki.5:8 Neh.6:19 (שָׁלַח), Jdth.15:4, 1Ma.10:25 1Mac 12:7 1Mac 13:18 (in each case with seel. ἀποσ-) * ; ] ; 1. to send to. ; 2. to send a message by letter, to write word (MM, Exp., xiv): with…
Greek editions with this word: TR, Byzantine
Used 3 times. Also: Acts 15:20, Hebrews 13:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1989; TFLSJ G1989; TAGNT Acts 21:25 word 7
κρίναντεςkrinanteshaving adjudged
Lemma: κρίνω (krinō) · Strong's: G2919
Parsing: Verb · Aorist · Active · Participle · Nominative · Plural · Masculine (V-AAP-NPM)
Meaning: to judge — κρίνω, ; [in LXX chiefly for שׁפט, also for ריב ,דּין, etc. ; ] ; 1. to separate, select, choose (cl.; in LXX: 2Ma.13:15). ; 2. to approve, esteem: Rom.14:5. ; 3. to be of opinion, judge, think: Luk.7:43, 1Co.11:13;…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 115 times. Also: Matthew 5:40, Matthew 7:1, Matthew 7:2, Matthew 19:28, Luke 6:37, Luke 7:43 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2919; TFLSJ G2919; TAGNT Acts 21:25 word 8
μηδὲνmēdennothing
Lemma: μηδείς (mēdeis) · Strong's: G3367
Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Singular · Neuter · Negative (A-ASN-N)
Meaning: nothing — μηδείς, -δεμία, -δέν; (and -θέν, Act.27:33, a Hellenistic form; see Bl., 6, 7; Thackeray, Gr., 58) ; related to οὐδείς as μή to οὐ, ; no, none, no one; neut., nothing: Mat.16:20, Mrk.5:43 6:8, Luk.3:14, Act.8:24,…
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Used 92 times. Also: Matthew 8:4, Matthew 9:30, Matthew 16:20, Matthew 17:9, Matthew 27:19, Mark 1:44 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3367; TFLSJ G3367; TAGNT Acts 21:25 word 9
τοιοῦτονtoioutonsuch
Lemma: τοιοῦτος (toioutos) · Strong's: G5108
Parsing: Demonstrative pronoun · Accusative · Singular · Masculine (D-ASM)
Meaning: such as this — τοιοῦτος, -αύτη, -οῦτο; (as usually in Att.. prose. Ep. and Ion. neut. -οῦτον in Al., Act.21:25, Rec. only), ; correlat. of οἷος, ὁποῖος, ὥς, etc., ; such as this, of such a kind, such: Mat.9:8 18:5, Mrk.4:33 6:2 7:13…
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Used 60 times. Also: Matthew 9:8, Matthew 18:5, Matthew 19:14, Mark 4:33, Mark 6:2, Mark 7:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5108; TFLSJ G5108; TAGNT Acts 21:25 word 10
τηρεῖνtēreinto keep
Lemma: τηρέω (tēreō) · Strong's: G5083I
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Infinitive (V-PAN)
Meaning: to keep: protect — τηρέω, -ῶ ; [in LXX for שָׁמַר, נָצַר, etc. ; ] ; 1. to watch over, guard, keep, preserve: Mat.27:36, Act.16:23, al.; ἑαυτόν, 2Co.11:9, 1Ti.5:22, Jas.1:27, Ju 21; before εἰς, Jhn.12:7, Act.25:21, 1Pe.1:4, 2Pe.2:4 2:9…
Greek editions with this word: TR, Byzantine
Used 18 times. Also: John 2:10, John 12:7, John 17:11, John 17:12, John 17:15, 1 Corinthians 7:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5083I; TFLSJ G5083I; TAGNT Acts 21:25 word 11
αὐτούςautousthem
Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846
Parsing: Personal pronoun · Accusative · Plural · Masculine (P-APM)
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),…
Greek editions with this word: TR, Byzantine
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 21:25 word 12
εἰeionly
Lemma: εἰ (ei) · Strong's: G1487G
Parsing: Conjunction (COND)
Meaning: if — εἰ, ; conjunctive particle, used in conditions and in indirect questions. ; I. Conditional, if; 1. with indic, expressing a general assumption; (a) pres.: before indic, pres., Mat.11:14, Rom.8:25, al.; before imperat.,…
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Used 390 times. Also: Matthew 4:3, Matthew 4:6, Matthew 5:29, Matthew 5:30, Matthew 6:23, Matthew 6:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1487G; TFLSJ G1487G; TAGNT Acts 21:25 word 13
μὴmēexcept
Lemma: μή (mē) · Strong's: G3361
Parsing: Negative Particle · Negative · Negative (PRT-N)
Meaning: not — μή, ; subjective negative particle, ; used where the negation depends on a condition or hypothesis, expressed or understood, as distinct from οὐ, which denies absolutely. μή is used where one thinks a thing is not, as…
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Used 1087 times. Also: Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:12, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 4:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3361; TFLSJ G3361; TAGNT Acts 21:25 word 14
φυλάσσεσθαιphulassesthaito keep from
Lemma: φυλάσσω (phulassō) · Strong's: G5442I
Parsing: Verb · Present · Middle or Passive · Infinitive (V-PEN)
Meaning: to keep/guard: protect — 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 15 times. Also: Luke 2:8, Luke 12:15, John 12:25, John 17:12, Acts 22:20, 2 Thessalonians 3:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5442I; TFLSJ G5442I; TAGNT Acts 21:25 word 15
αὐτοὺςautousthem
Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846
Parsing: Personal pronoun · Accusative · Plural · Masculine (P-APM)
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),…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
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 21:25 word 16
τόtothe
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 21:25 word 17
τεteboth
Lemma: τε (te) · Strong's: G5037
Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)
Meaning: and/both — τέ, ; enclitic copulative particle (= Lat. -que as καί = and, ac, atque, not very frequently in NT, more than two-thirds of the occurrences being in Ac. ; 1. τέ solitarium, and, denoting a closer affinity than καί…
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Used 227 times. Also: Matthew 22:10, Matthew 27:48, Matthew 28:12, Mark 15:36, Luke 2:16, Luke 12:45 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5037; TFLSJ G5037; TAGNT Acts 21:25 word 18
εἰδωλόθυτονeidōlothutonidol-sacrifices
Lemma: εἰδωλόθυτος (eidōlothutos) · Strong's: G1494
Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (A-ASN)
Meaning: sacrificed to idols — εἰδωλόθυτος, -ον, ; (εἴδωλον, θύω), [in LXX: 4Ma.5:2 * ; ] ; sacrificed to idols: τὸ, τὰ εἰ, Act.15:29 21:25, 1Co.8:1, 4 7, 10 10:19, Rev.2:14, 2o.†; (AS)
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Used 9 times. Also: Acts 15:29, 1 Corinthians 8:1, 1 Corinthians 8:4, 1 Corinthians 8:7, 1 Corinthians 8:10, 1 Corinthians 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1494; TFLSJ G1494; TAGNT Acts 21:25 word 19
καὶkaiand
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 21:25 word 20
τὸto<the>
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.,…
Greek editions with this word: TR, Byzantine
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 21:25 word 21
αἷμαhaimablood
Lemma: αἷμα (ahima) · Strong's: G0129G
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (N-ASN)
Meaning: blood — αἷμα, ατος, τό, ; [in LXX for דָּם ; ] ; blood. ; 1. In the ordinary sense: Mrk.5:25, Luk.8:43,44 22:44, Jhn.19:34, Act.15:20,29 21:25, Rev.8:7,8 11:6 16:3,4,6 19:13. ; 2. In special senses: ; (a) of generation, origin,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 97 times. Also: Matthew 16:17, Matthew 23:30, Matthew 23:35, Matthew 26:28, Matthew 27:4, Matthew 27:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G0129G; TFLSJ G0129G; TAGNT Acts 21:25 word 22
καὶkaiand
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,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
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 21:25 word 23
πνικτὸνpniktonwhat is strangled
Lemma: πνικτός (pniktos) · Strong's: G4156
Parsing: Adjective · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (A-ASN)
Meaning: strangled — πνικτός, -ή, -όν; (πνίγω), ; strangled : Act.15:20, 29 21:25 (cf. Lev.17:13-14).†; (AS)
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 3 times. Also: Acts 15:20, Acts 15:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4156; TFLSJ G4156; TAGNT Acts 21:25 word 24
καὶkaiand
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,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
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 21:25 word 25
πορνείαν.¶porneiansexual immorality.
Lemma: πορνεία (porneia) · Strong's: G4202
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (N-ASF)
Meaning: sexual sin — πορνεία, -ας, ἡ; (πορνεύω), [in LXX for תַּזְנוּת and cogn. forms ; ] ; fornication: Act.15:20, 29 21:25, 1Co.5:1 6:13 6:18, 2Co.12:21, Gal.5:19, Eph.5:3, Col.3:5, 1Th.4:3 (Lft., Notes, 53), Rev.9:21; pl. (see WM, 220;…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 26 times. Also: Matthew 5:32, Matthew 15:19, Matthew 19:9, Mark 7:21, John 8:41, Acts 15:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4202; TFLSJ G4202; TAGNT Acts 21:25 word 26
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| As for | → | περί G4012 about |
| the | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| Gentile | → | ἔθνος G1484 Gentiles |
| believers | → | πιστεύω G4100 to trust (in) |
| we | → | ἐγώ G1473 I/we |
| have written [to them] | → | ἐπιστέλλω G1989 to write to |
| our decision | → | κρίνω G2919 to judge |
| [that] they | → | αὐτός G0846 it/s/he |
| must abstain | → | φυλάσσω G5442I to keep/guard: protect |
| from [food] | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| sacrificed to idols | → | εἰδωλόθυτος G1494 sacrificed to idols |
| [from] | → | καί G2532 and |
| blood | → | αἷμα G0129G blood |
| [from] | → | καί G2532 and |
| the meat of strangled animals | → | πνικτός G4156 strangled |
| and [from] | → | καί G2532 and |
| sexual immorality | → | πορνεία G4202 sexual sin |
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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