Acts 15:29
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.”
πράσσω
to "practise", i.e. perform repeatedly or habitually (thus differing from G4160 (ποιέω), which properly refers to a single act); by implication, to execute, accomplish, etc.; specially, to collect (dues), fare (personally)
ὅς
these
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ὅς
Who, which, that, the one who. He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. God finishes what He starts.
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ἑαυτοῦ
yourselves
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ἑαυτοῦ
him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc.
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διατηρέω
keeping
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διατηρέω
to watch thoroughly, i.e. (positively and transitively) to observe strictly, or (negatively and reflexively) to avoid wholly
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ῥώννυμι
Farewell!
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ῥώννυμι
probably akin to G4506 (ῥύομαι)); to strengthen, i.e. (impersonal passive) have health (as a parting exclamation, good-bye)
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πνικτός
from a strangled one
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πνικτός
throttled, i.e. (neuter concretely) an animal choked to death (not bled)
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πορνεία
from sexual immorality;
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πορνεία
harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry
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εἰδωλόθυτον
from idol-sacrifices
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εἰδωλόθυτον
an image-sacrifice, i.e. part of an idolatrous offering
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εὖ
well
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εὖ
(adverbially) well
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