Acts 14:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And when there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to treat them shamefully and to stone them,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὡς δὲ ἐγένετο ὁρμὴ τῶν Ἐθνῶν τε, καὶ Ἰουδαίων σὺν τοῖς ἄρχουσιν αὐτῶν, ὑβρίσαι, καὶ λιθοβολῆσαι αὐτούς,

Transliteration

Hōs de egeneto hormē of the Ethnōn te, and Ioudaiōn syn the archousin of them, hybrisai, and lithobolēsai them,

Grammar Details

*Hōs*: subordinating conjunction - when/as
*de*: postpositive particle - but/and
*egeneto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - occurred/arose
*hormē*: nominative feminine singular - violent attempt/impulse/rush
*Ethnōn*: genitive neuter plural - Gentiles/nations
*te*: connective particle - both/and
*Ioudaiōn*: genitive masculine plural - Jews
*syn*: preposition with dative - with/together with
*archousin*: dative masculine plural - rulers/leaders
*hybrisai*: aorist active infinitive - to mistreat/insult
*lithobolēsai*: aorist active infinitive - to stone

Word Meanings

*Hōs*: when/as/after
*hormē*: violent attempt/rush/assault/impulse
*archousin*: rulers/leaders/officials
*hybrisai*: to mistreat/to insult/to abuse
*lithobolēsai*: to stone/to pelt with stones

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Acts 14:19 : 19 But there came Jews thither from Antioch and Iconium: and having persuaded the multitudes, {G2532} they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
Acts 17:5 : 5 But the Jews, {G3588} {G544} being moved with jealousy, took unto them {G2532} certain vile fellows of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city on an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them forth to the people.
2 Tim 3:11 : 11 persecutions, sufferings. What things befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured. And out of them all the Lord delivered me.
Ps 2:1-3 : 1 Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, [saying], 3 Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.
Ps 83:5 : 5 For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant:
Matt 5:44 : 44 but I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;
Luke 6:28 : 28 bless them that curse you, {G2532} pray for them that despitefully use you.
Acts 4:25-29 : 25 who by the Holy Spirit, [by] the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things? 26 The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were gathered together, Against the Lord, and against his Anointed: 27 for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together, 28 to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass. 29 And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,

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