What Does Acts 17:34 Mean?

“certain”

some or any person or object

“Howbeit”

but, and, etc

“men”

a man (properly as an individual male)

“clave”

to glue, i.e., (passively or reflexively) to stick (figuratively)

“them”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“and believed”

to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e., credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to ch

“among”

"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc

“the which”

the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“was Dionysius”

reveller; dionysius, an athenian

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the Areopagite”

an areopagite or member of the court held on mars' hill

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“a woman”

a woman; specially, a wife

“named”

a "name" (literally or figuratively) (authority, character)

“Damaris”

perhaps gentle; damaris, an athenian woman

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“others”

(an-, the) other or different

“with”

with or together (but much closer than g3326 or g3844), i.e., by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, additi

“them”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons