Acts 28:3
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.”
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.
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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φρύγανον
of sticks
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φρύγανον
akin to the base of G5395 (φλόξ)); something desiccated, i.e. a dry twig
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ἔχιδνα
a viper
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ἔχιδνα
an adder or other poisonous snake (literally or figuratively)
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συστρέφω
When having gathered
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συστρέφω
to twist together, i.e. collect (a bundle, a crowd)
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πλῆθος
quantity
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πλῆθος
a fulness, i.e. a large number, throng, populace
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ἐπιτίθημι
having laid them
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ἐπιτίθημι
to impose (in a friendly or hostile sense)
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ἐξέρχομαι
having come
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ἐξέρχομαι
to issue (literally or figuratively)
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τὶς
some
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τὶς
some or any person or object
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πυρά
fire
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πυρά
a fire (concretely)
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καθάπτω
fastened
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καθάπτω
to seize upon
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θέρμη
heat
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θέρμη
warmth
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