Greek Interlinear

Acts 16:23 Interlinear

many And when they had laid them stripes they cast them into prison charging the jailor safely to keep them

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1πολλάςG4183many(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely
2τεG5037Andboth or also (properly, as correlation of g2532)
3ἐπιθέντεςG2007when they had laidto impose (in a friendly or hostile sense)
4αὐτούςG846themthe reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
5πληγὰςG4127stripesa stroke; by implication, a wound; figuratively, a calamity
6ἔβαλονG906they castto throw (in various applications, more or less violent or intense)
7εἰςG1519them intoto or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
8φυλακήνG5438prisona guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or nigh
9παραγγείλαντεςG3853chargingto transmit a message, i.e., (by implication) to enjoin
10τῷG3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
11δεσμοφύλακιG1200the jailora jailer (as guarding the prisoners)
12ἀσφαλῶςG806safelysecurely (literally or figuratively)
13τηρεῖνG5083to keepto guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from g5442, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from g2892
14αὐτούςG846themthe reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

Verse Context

Acts 16:22And rose up together the multitude against their...
Acts 16:23 (current)many And when they had laid them stripes they cast them into prison charging the jailor safely to keep them
Acts 16:24Who a charge such having received thrust their...

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