Acts 17:16
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.”
πνεῦμα
Spirit, breath, wind. Pneuma. God is Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, God living inside every believer. He leads guides comforts and empowers.
πόλις
city.
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πόλις
City, town. Polis. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. The church is meant to be visible. Its light is for the community around it. Hide nothing. Let it shine.
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Παῦλος
Paul
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Παῦλος
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
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θεωρέω
seeing
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θεωρέω
to be a spectator of, i.e. discern, (literally, figuratively (experience) or intensively (acknowledge))
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ἐκδέχομαι
is waiting for
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ἐκδέχομαι
to accept from some source, i.e. (by implication) to await
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παροξύνω
was provoked
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παροξύνω
to sharpen alongside, i.e. (figuratively) to exasperate
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εἰμί
to be
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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κατείδωλος
utterly idolatrous
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κατείδωλος
utterly idolatrous
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