Acts 16:23
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:”
φυλακή
a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or night), literally or figuratively
τηρέω
to keep
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τηρέω
To keep, to guard, to observe. Tereo. Keep yourselves in the love of God. Staying in God's love requires active keeping. Do not drift. Make choices that keep you close.
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πολύς
Many
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πολύς
Many, much, great. Polus. Much fruit. Many witnesses. Great grace. God is not stingy. He gives abundantly to those who are connected to the vine.
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πληγή
blows
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πληγή
a stroke; by implication, a wound; figuratively, a calamity
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τέ
then
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τέ
both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532 (καί))
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παραγγέλλω
having charged
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παραγγέλλω
to transmit a message, i.e. (by implication) to enjoin
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ἐπιτίθημι
having laid
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ἐπιτίθημι
to impose (in a friendly or hostile sense)
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δεσμοφύλαξ
to jailer
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δεσμοφύλαξ
a jailer (as guarding the prisoners)
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