Acts 18:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee: for I have much people in this city.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Διότι ἐγώ εἰμι μετὰ σοῦ, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐπιθήσεταί σοι τοῦ κακῶσαί σε: διότι λαός ἐστί μοι πολὺς ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ.

Transliteration

Dioti egō eimi meta sou, and oudeis epithēsetai soi tou kakōsai se: dioti laos esti moi polys en tē polei tautē.

Grammar Details

*Dioti*: conjunction - because/for
*egō*: nominative singular pronoun - I
*eimi*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - am
*meta*: preposition with genitive - with
*sou*: genitive singular pronoun - you
*oudeis*: adjective, nominative masculine singular - no one
*epithēsetai*: future middle indicative, 3rd person singular - will attack/set upon
*soi*: dative singular pronoun - you
*tou kakōsai*: article + aorist active infinitive - to harm
*se*: accusative singular pronoun - you
*dioti*: conjunction - because/for
*laos*: nominative masculine singular - people
*esti*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is
*moi*: dative singular pronoun - to me
*polys*: adjective, nominative masculine singular - many/much
*en*: preposition with dative - in
*tē polei*: article + dative feminine singular - the city
*tautē*: demonstrative pronoun, dative feminine singular - this

Word Meanings

*Dioti*: because/for/since
*epithēsetai*: will attack/will set upon/will lay hands on
*tou kakōsai*: to harm/to hurt/to injure
*laos moi*: my people/people belonging to me

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Referenced Verses

Exod 4:12 : 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.
Matt 28:20 : 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
2 Cor 12:9 : 9 And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for [my] power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Rom 10:20-21 : 20 And Isaiah is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I became manifest unto them that asked not of me. 21 But as to Israel he saith, All the day long did I spread out my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
John 10:16 : 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.
2 Tim 4:17 : 17 But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might me fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
2 Tim 4:22 : 22 The Lord {G2424} {G5547} be with thy spirit. Grace be with you.
Rom 8:31 : 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who [is] against us?
1 Cor 6:9-9 : 9 Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.
Luke 21:18 : 18 And not a hair of your head shall perish.
John 11:52 : 52 and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God that are scattered abroad.
Acts 15:14 : 14 Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
Josh 1:5 : 5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Josh 1:9 : 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Isa 8:10 : 10 Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
Isa 41:10 : 10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Isa 43:2 : 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Isa 54:17 : 17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness which is of me, saith Jehovah.
Jer 1:18-19 : 18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. 19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee.
Jer 15:20-21 : 20 And I will make thee unto this people a fortified brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith Jehovah. 21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
Matt 1:23 : 23 Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us.
Matt 10:30 : 30 but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Judg 2:18 : 18 And when Jehovah raised them up judges, then Jehovah was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented Jehovah because of their groaning by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
Acts 15:18 : 18 Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old.

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