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Acts 12:1

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← Acts 11:30	Acts 12:1 (KJV)	Acts 12:2 →
Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.	Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth [his] hands to vex certain of the church.	And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Now^G1161 about^G2596 that^G1565 time^G2540 Herod^G2264 the king^G935 stretched forth^G1911 his hands^G5495 to vex^G2559 certain^G5100 of^G575 the church^G1577.

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Original Greek

Κατ’ ἐκεῖνον δὲ τὸν καιρὸν ἐπέβαλεν Ἡρώδης ὁ βασιλεὺς τὰς χεῖρας κακῶσαί τινας τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
Κατ’	Kat’	G2596	PREP	about
ἐκεῖνον	ekeinon	G1565	D-ASM	that
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ	Now
τὸν	ton	G3588	T-ASM	*
καιρὸν	kairon	G2540	N-ASM	time
ἐπέβαλεν	epebalen	G1911	V-2AAI-3S	stretched forth
Ἡρώδης	Hērōdēs	G2264	N-NSM	Herod
ὁ	ho	G3588	T-NSM	the
βασιλεὺς	basileus	G935	N-NSM	king
τὰς	tas	G3588	T-APF	*
χεῖρας	cheiras	G5495	N-APF	hands
κακῶσαί	kakōsai	G2559	V-AAN	to vex
τινας	tinas	G5100	X-APM	certain
τῶν	tōn	G3588	T-GPM	*
ἀπὸ	apo	G575	PREP	of
τῆς	tēs	G3588	T-GSF	the
ἐκκλησίας.	ekklēsias	G1577	N-GSF	church

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G575 — ἀπό (apó, apo'): from, away from — a primary particle; "off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative):--(X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.
• G935 — βασιλεύς (basileús, bas-il-yooce'): a king, ruler, emperor — probably from βάσις (through the notion of a foundation of power); a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively):--king.
• G1161 — δέ (dé, deh): but, on the other hand, and — a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
• G1565 — ἐκεῖνος (ekeînos, ek-i'-nos): that, that one there, yonder — from ἐκεῖ; that one (or (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed:--he, it, the other (same), selfsame, that (same, very), X their, X them, they, this, those. See also οὗτος.
• G1577 — ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, ek-klay-see'-ah): an assembly, congregation, church — from a compound of ἐκ and a derivative of καλέω; a calling out, i.e. (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both):--assembly, church.
• G1911 — ἐπιβάλλω (epibállō, ep-ee-bal'-lo): I throw upon, lay, strike upon — from ἐπί and βάλλω; to throw upon (literal or figurative, transitive or reflexive; usually with more or less force); specially (with ἑαυτοῦ implied) to reflect; impersonally, to belong to:--beat into, cast (up-)on, fall, lay (on), put (unto), stretch forth, think on.
• G2264 — Ἡρώδης (Hērṓdēs, hay-ro'-dace): Herod — compound of (a "hero") and εἶδος; heroic; Herod, the name of four Jewish kings:--Herod.
• G2540 — καιρός (kairós, kahee-ros'): fitting season, opportunity, time — of uncertain affinity; an occasion, i.e. set or proper time:--X always, opportunity, (convenient, due) season, (due, short, while) time, a while. Compare χρόνος.
• G2559 — κακόω (kakóō, kak-o'-o): I treat badly — from κακός; to injure; figuratively, to exasperate:--make evil affected, entreat evil, harm, hurt, vex.
• G2596 — κατά (katá, kat-ah'): down from, against, according to, throughout, during — a primary particle; (prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined):--about, according as (to), after, against, (when they were) X alone, among, and, X apart, (even, like) as (concerning, pertaining to touching), X aside, at, before, beyond, by, to the charge of, (charita-)bly, concerning, + covered, (dai-)ly, down, every, (+ far more) exceeding, X more excellent, for, from … to, godly, in(-asmuch, divers, every, -to, respect of), … by, after the manner of, + by any means, beyond (out of) measure, X mightily, more, X natural, of (up-)on (X part), out (of every), over against, (+ your) X own, + particularly, so, through(-oughout, -oughout every), thus, (un-)to(-gether, -ward), X uttermost, where(-by), with. In composition it retains many of these applications, and frequently denotes opposition, distribution, or intensity.
• G5100 — τὶς (tìs, tis): any one, some one — an enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object:--a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
• G5495 — χείρ (cheír, khire): a hand — perhaps from the base of χειμών in the sense of its congener the base of χάσμα (through the idea of hollowness for grasping); the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by Hebraism) a means or instrument):--hand.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

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