Acts 21:37 Go deeper
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And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek? (KJV)
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μέλλωνmellōnBeing about
Lemma: μέλλω (mellō) · Strong's: G3195
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Participle · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (V-PAP-NSM)
Meaning: to ensue — μέλλω, ; [in LXX: Job.3:8 (עָתִיד) 19:25 (אַחֲרוֹן); elsewhere for fut., and frequently in Wi, II, 4Mac ; ] ; to be about to be or do; 1. with inf. (Bl., §62, 4; 68, 2; M, Pr., 114); (a) of intending or being about to…
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Used 110 times. Also: Matthew 2:13, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 11:14, Matthew 12:32, Matthew 16:27, Matthew 17:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3195; TFLSJ G3195; TAGNT Acts 21:37 word 1
τεtethen
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 21:37 word 2
εἰσάγεσθαιeisagesthaito be brought
Lemma: εἰσάγω (eisagō) · Strong's: G1521
Parsing: Verb · Present · Passive · Infinitive (V-PPN)
Meaning: to bring in — εἰσ-άγω ; [in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא, hi. ; ] ; to bring in: with accusative, Luk.2:27, Jhn.18:16, Act.7:45; before εἰς, Luk.22:54, Act.9:8 21:28-29, 37 22:24, Heb.1:6; ὧδε, Luk.14:21.†; (AS)
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Used 11 times. Also: Luke 2:27, Luke 14:21, Luke 22:54, John 18:16, Acts 7:45, Acts 9:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1521; TFLSJ G1521; TAGNT Acts 21:37 word 3
εἰςeisinto
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 21:37 word 4
τὴνtēnthe
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (T-ASF)
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 21:37 word 5
παρεμβολὴνparembolēnbarracks
Lemma: παρεμβολή (parembolē) · Strong's: G3925
Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Feminine (N-ASF)
Meaning: barracks — παρ-εμ-βολή, -ῆς, ἡ; (παρεμβάλλω), [in LXX chiefly for מַחֲנֶה ; ] ; 1. an insertion, interpolation (Æschin.) ; 2. In the Macedonian dialect (Rutherford, NPhr., 473), as a military term; (a) an army in battle array:…
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Used 10 times. Also: Acts 21:34, Acts 22:24, Acts 23:10, Acts 23:16, Acts 23:32, Hebrews 11:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3925; TFLSJ G3925; TAGNT Acts 21:37 word 6
ὁho<the>
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (T-NSM)
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 21:37 word 7
ΠαῦλοςPaulosPaul
Lemma: Παῦλος (Paulos) · Strong's: G3972G
Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Singular · Masculine · Individual (N-NSM-P)
Meaning: Paul — Παῦλος, -ου, ὁ (Lat. Paulus), ; 1. Sergius Paulus: Act.13:7. ; 2. the Apostle Paul (cf. Σαῦλος): Act.13:9, and frequently throughout Ac., Rom.1:1, 1Co.1:1, al., 2Pe.3:15.; (AS)
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Used 163 times. Also: Acts 13:9, Acts 13:13, Acts 13:16, Acts 13:43, Acts 13:45, Acts 13:46 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3972G; TFLSJ G3972G; TAGNT Acts 21:37 word 8
λέγειlegeisays
Lemma: λέγω (legō) · Strong's: G3004G
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-PAI-3S)
Meaning: to say — λέγω, ; [in LXX very freq., chiefly for אמר; λέγει for נְאֻם, Gen.22:16, al. ; ] ; 1. in Hom., to pick out, gather, reckon, recount.; 2. In Hdt. and Att., to say, speak, affirm, declare: absol., Act.13:15, 24:10; before…
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Used 1305 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:22, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 2:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G3004G; TFLSJ G3004G; TAGNT Acts 21:37 word 9
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 21:37 word 10
χιλιάρχῳ·chiliarchōcommander;
Lemma: χιλίαρχος (chiliarchos) · Strong's: G5506
Parsing: Noun · Dative · Singular · Masculine (N-DSM)
Meaning: military officer — χιλίαρχος (in Hdt., al., -ης), -ου, ὁ ; (χίλιοι, ἄρχω) [in LXX chiefly for אַלּוּף שַׂר ; ] ; a chiliarch, the commander of a thousand, esp. a Roman military tribune, the commander of a cohort: Jhn.18:12, Act.21:31-33,…
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Used 22 times. Also: Mark 6:21, John 18:12, Acts 21:31, Acts 21:32, Acts 21:33, Acts 22:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5506; TFLSJ G5506; TAGNT Acts 21:37 word 11
εἰeiIf
Lemma: εἰ (ei) · Strong's: G1487I
Parsing: Conjunction (COND)
Meaning: if: is(QUESTION) — 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 13 times. Also: Matthew 12:10, Matthew 19:3, Mark 8:23, Mark 10:2, Luke 13:23, Luke 14:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1487I; TFLSJ G1487I; TAGNT Acts 21:37 word 12
ἔξεστίνexestinis it permitted
Lemma: ἔξεστι, ἐξόν (exesti, exon) · Strong's: G1832
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-PAI-3S)
Meaning: be permitted — ἔξ-εστι ; (εἰμί), ; impers. verb., ; it is permitted, lawful: Mrk.2:24, Act.8:37 (R, mg.), 1Co.10:23; with inf., Mat.12:2, 10 12 14:4 15:26 19:3 22:17 27:6, Mrk.3:4 12:14, Luk.6:2, 9 14:3, Jhn.5:10; before accusative,…
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Used 32 times. Also: Matthew 12:2, Matthew 12:4, Matthew 12:10, Matthew 12:12, Matthew 14:4, Matthew 19:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1832; TFLSJ G1832; TAGNT Acts 21:37 word 13
μοιmoito me
Lemma: μέ (me) · Strong's: G3165
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 1st · Dative · Singular (P-1DS)
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 21:37 word 14
εἰπεῖνeipeinto say
Lemma: εἶπον (eipon) · Strong's: G2036
Parsing: Verb · 2nd Aorist · Active · Infinitive (V-2AAN)
Meaning: to say — εἶπον, 2 aorist of obsolete present ἔπω (cf. Veitch), used as aorist of λέγω, which see ; (AS)
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Used 955 times. Also: Matthew 2:5, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:15, Matthew 4:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G2036; TFLSJ G2036; TAGNT Acts 21:37 word 15
τιtisomething
Lemma: τις (tis) · Strong's: G5100
Parsing: Indefinite pronoun · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (X-ASN)
Meaning: one — τις, neut., τι, genitive, τινός, ; enclitic indefinite pron., related to interrog. τίς as πού, πως, ποτέ to ποῦ, πῶς, πότε. ; I. As subst., ; 1. one, a certain one: Luk.9:49, Jhn.11:1, Act.5:25, al.; pl., τίνες,…
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Used 542 times. Also: Matthew 5:23, Matthew 8:28, Matthew 9:3, Matthew 11:27, Matthew 12:19, Matthew 12:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5100; TFLSJ G5100; TAGNT Acts 21:37 word 16
πρὸςprosto
Lemma: πρός (pros) · Strong's: G4314
Parsing: Preposition (PREP)
Meaning: to/with — πρός, ; prep. with genitive, dative, accusative ; I. I. C. genitive, of motion from a place, from the side of, hence metaphorically, in the interests of, Act.27:34 (cf. Page, in l.). ; II. II. C. dative, of local…
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Used 732 times. Also: Matthew 2:12, Matthew 3:5, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 3:13, Matthew 3:14, Matthew 3:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4314; TFLSJ G4314; TAGNT Acts 21:37 word 17
σέ;seyou?
Lemma: σύ (su) · Strong's: G4771
Parsing: Personal pronoun · 2nd · Accusative · Singular (P-2AS)
Meaning: you — σύ, ; pron. of 2nd of person(s), ; thou, you, genitive, σοῦ, dative, σοί, accusative, σέ, pl., ὑμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -ᾶς (enclitic in oblique cases sing., except after prep. (BL, §48, 3), though πρὸς σέ occurs in Mat.25:39).…
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Used 3071 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G4771; TFLSJ G4771; TAGNT Acts 21:37 word 18
ὁho<the>
Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588
Parsing: Definite article · Nominative · Singular · Masculine (T-NSM)
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: SBLGNT, 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 21:37 word 19
δὲdeThen
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.,…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
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 21:37 word 20
ἔφη·ephēhe was saying;
Lemma: φημί (phēmi) · Strong's: G5346
Parsing: Verb · Imperfect · Active · Indicative · 3rd · Singular (V-IAI-3S)
Meaning: to assert — φημί ; [in LXX chiefly for נָאַם, also for אָמַר; frequently in 2-4 Mac ; ] ; to declare, say: frequently in quoting the words of another, Mat.13:29 26:61, Luk.7:40 22:58, Jhn.1:23, al.; interjected into the recorded…
Greek editions with this word: SBLGNT, TR, Byzantine
Used 67 times. Also: Matthew 4:7, Matthew 8:8, Matthew 13:28, Matthew 13:29, Matthew 14:8, Matthew 17:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G5346; TFLSJ G5346; TAGNT Acts 21:37 word 21
ἑλληνιστὶhellēnistiGreek
Lemma: Ἑλληνιστί=Ἑλληνικός (Hellēnisti) · Strong's: G1676
Parsing: Adverb · Title (ADV-T)
Meaning: Greek — Ἑλληνιστί ; adv., ; in Greek: Jhn.19:20; Ἑ. (sc. λαλεῖν) γινώσκεις, Act.21:37 (cf. Field, Notes, 135).†; (AS)
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Used 2 times. Also: John 19:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1676; TFLSJ G1676; TAGNT Acts 21:37 word 22
γινώσκεις;ginōskeisdo you know?
Lemma: γινώσκω (ginōskō) · Strong's: G1097
Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Indicative · 2nd · Singular (V-PAI-2S)
Meaning: to know — γινώσκω (= γιγν-: see previous word. So also vulgar Attic, in Inscr., see Thumb, MGV, 207), ; [in LXX chiefly for ידע ; ] ; to be taking in knowledge, come to know, recognize, perceive, understand; in past tenses to…
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Used 220 times. Also: Matthew 1:25, Matthew 6:3, Matthew 7:23, Matthew 9:30, Matthew 10:26, Matthew 12:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESG G1097; TFLSJ G1097; TAGNT Acts 21:37 word 23
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| [As] | → | τε G5037 and/both |
| they were about | → | μέλλω G3195 to ensue |
| to take | → | εἰσάγω G1521 to bring in |
| Paul | → | Παῦλος G3972G Paul |
| into | → | εἰς G1519 toward |
| the | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| barracks | → | παρεμβολή G3925 barracks |
| he asked | → | λέγω G3004G to say |
| the | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| commander | → | χιλίαρχος G5506 military officer |
| May | → | ἔξεστι, ἐξόν G1832 be permitted |
| I | → | ἐγώ G1473 I/we |
| say | → | εἶπον G2036 to say |
| something | → | τις G5100 one |
| to | → | πρός G4314 to/with |
| you | → | σύ G4771 you |
| Do you speak | → | γινώσκω G1097 to know |
| Greek | → | Ἑλληνιστί=Ἑλληνικός G1676 Greek |
| [he] | → | ὁ G3588 the/this/who |
| replied | → | φημί G5346 to assert |
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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