Acts
Acts 21:11
11Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
Word by word
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coming over | ἐλθὼν | elthōn | Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2064 I come, go |
| to | πρὸς | pros | Preposition | G4314 to, towards, with |
| us | ἡμᾶς | hēmas | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural | G1473 I |
| he took | ἄρας | aras | Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G142 I raise, lift up |
| Paul’s | Παύλου | Paulou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G3972 Paul |
| belt | ζώνην | zōnēn | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G2223 a girdle, belt, purse |
| bound | δήσας | dēsas | Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G1210 I bind |
| his | ἑαυτοῦ | heautou | Reflexive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G1438 himself, herself, itself |
| feet | πόδας | podas | Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural | G4228 the foot |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| hands | χεῖρας | cheiras | Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural | G5495 a hand |
| said | εἶπεν | eipen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing) |
| The | τὸ | to | Article - Nominative Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| Holy | Ἅγιον | Hagion | Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular | G40 set apart, holy, sacred |
| Spirit | Πνεῦμα | Pneuma | Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular | G4151 wind, breath, spirit |
| says | λέγει | legei | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G3004 I say, speak |
| In this way | οὕτως | houtōs | Adverb | G3779 thus, so, in this manner |
| the | οἱ | hoi | Article - Nominative Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| Jews | Ἰουδαῖοι | Ioudaioi | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural | G2453 Jewish |
| of | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| Jerusalem | Ἰερουσαλὴμ | Ierousalēm | Noun - Dative Feminine Singular | G2419 Jerusalem |
| will bind | δήσουσιν | dēsousin | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G1210 I bind |
| the | Τὸν | Ton | Article - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| owner of | ἄνδρα | andra | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G435 a male human being, a man |
| this | αὕτη | hautē | Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G3778 this, he, she, it |
| belt | ζώνη | zōnē | Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular | G2223 a girdle, belt, purse |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| hand | παραδώσουσιν | paradōsousin | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G3860 I hand over, deliver, betray |
| to | ἐθνῶν | ethnōn | Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural | G1484 a race, people, the Gentiles |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Acts 21:33 · Jeremiah 13:1–11 · 1 Samuel 15:27–28 · 2 Kings 13:15–19 · Jeremiah 19:10–11 · 1 Kings 11:29–31 · 1 Kings 22:11 · Ezekiel 24:19–25 · Acts 20:23
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.