Acts 19:19
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.”
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)
τιμή
prices
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τιμή
Honour, value, price, esteem. Time. You were bought with a price therefore glorify God in your body. Your body is not your own. It was purchased. Use it to honour the one who bought it.
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πᾶς
all;
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πᾶς
All, every, whole, any. Pas. All things work together for good. All authority has been given to Me. All the promises of God are yes in Christ. God thinks in absolutes of blessing.
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εὑρίσκω
found it
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εὑρίσκω
To find, to discover, to obtain. Heurisko. Seek and you will find. The finding is guaranteed for those who seek. God is findable because He wants to be found.
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συμφέρω
having brought together
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συμφέρω
to bear together (contribute), i.e. (literally) to collect, or (figuratively) to conduce; especially (neuter participle as a noun) advantage
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ἱκανός
Many
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ἱκανός
competent (as if coming in season), i.e. ample (in amount) or fit (in character)
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περίεργος
magic arts
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περίεργος
working all around, i.e. officious (meddlesome, neuter plural magic)
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μυριάς
myriads
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μυριάς
a ten-thousand; by extension, a "myriad" or indefinite number
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κατακαίω
were burning them
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κατακαίω
to burn down (to the ground), i.e. consume wholly
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συμψηφίζω
they counted up
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συμψηφίζω
to compute jointly
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πέντε
five.
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πέντε
"five"
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