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Acts 12:2


Acts 12:1 Acts 12:2 (KJV) Acts 12:3
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.
And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

AndG1161 he killedG337 JamesG2385 the brotherG80 of JohnG2491 with the swordG3162.


Original Greek

ἀνεῖλε δὲ Ἰάκωβον τὸν ἀδελφὸν Ἰωάννου μαχαίρᾳ.

Greek Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
ἀνεῖλε
aneile G337 V-2AAI-3S he killed
δὲ
de G1161 CONJ And
Ἰάκωβον
Iakōbon G2385 N-ASM James
τὸν
ton G3588 T-ASM the
ἀδελφὸν
adelphon G80 N-ASM brother
Ἰωάννου
Iōannou G2491 N-GSM of John
μαχαίρᾳ.
machaira G3162 N-DSF with the sword
Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)
Strong's References
  • G80 — ἀδελφός (adelphós, ad-el-fos'): a brother — from Α (as a connective particle) and (the womb); a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like Α):--brother.
  • G337 — ἀναιρέω (anairéō, an-ahee-reh'-o): I take up, abolish, murder — from ἀνά and (the active of) αἱρέομαι; to take up, i.e. adopt; by implication, to take away (violently), i.e. abolish, murder:--put to death, kill, slay, take away, take up.
  • 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).
  • G2385 — Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos, ee-ak'-o-bos): James — the same as Ἰακώβ Græcized; Jacobus, the name of three Israelites:--James.
  • G2491 — Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs, ee-o-an'-nace): John — of Hebrew origin (יוֹחָנָן); Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelites:--John.
  • G3162 — μάχαιρα (máchaira, makh'-ahee-rah): a sword — probably feminine of a presumed derivative of μάχη; a knife, i.e. dirk; figuratively, war, judicial punishment:--sword.

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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