Acts 23:19
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?”
πυνθάνομαι
to question, i.e. ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from G2065 (ἐρωτάω), which properly means a request as a favor; and from G154 (αἰτέω), which is strictly a demand for something due; as well as from G2212 (ζητέω), which implies a search for something hidden; and from G1189 (δέομαι), which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication, to learn (by casual intelligence)
χείρ
hand
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χείρ
Hand. Cheir. Into Your hands I commit my spirit. The hands that made the universe were the hands that were nailed to the cross. He gave everything including His hands.
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ἔχω
you have
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ἔχω
To have, to hold, to possess. I have learned in whatever state I am to be content. Contentment is not about having more but appreciating what you have.
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ἐπιλαμβάνομαι
Having taken hold
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ἐπιλαμβάνομαι
to seize (for help, injury, attainment, or any other purpose; literally or figuratively)
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τίς
What
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τίς
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
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ἴδιος
private
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ἴδιος
pertaining to self, i.e. one's own; by implication, private or separate
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χιλίαρχος
commander
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χιλίαρχος
the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch"; i.e. colonel
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εἰμί
is it
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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