Acts 27:34

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore I beseech you to take some food: for this is for your safety: for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any of you.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Διὸ παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς προσλαβεῖν τροφῆς: τοῦτο γὰρ πρὸς τῆς ὑμετέρας σωτηρίας ὑπάρχει: οὐδενὸς γὰρ ὑμῶν θρὶξ ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς πεσεῖται.

Transliteration

Therefore I parakalō you to proslabein trophēs: for this hyparchei pros your sōtērias: for not a thrix from the kephalēs of any of you shall peseitai.

Grammar Details

*parakalō*: present active, 1st singular - I urge/exhort
*proslabein*: aorist infinitive, active - to take
*trophēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - food/nourishment
*hyparchei*: present active, 3rd singular - exists/is
*sōtērias*: genitive, feminine, singular - safety/preservation
*thrix*: nominative, feminine, singular - hair
*kephalēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - head
*peseitai*: future middle, 3rd singular - will fall

Word Meanings

*parakalō*: I urge/encourage/exhort
*proslabein trophēs*: to take/partake of food
*hyparchei pros sōtērias*: is for/contributes to your preservation/safety
*thrix ek tēs kephalēs peseitai*: a hair from the head will fall

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Referenced Verses

Matt 10:30 : 30 but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
1 Kgs 1:52 : 52 And Solomon said, If he shall show himself a worthy man, there shall not a hair of him fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die.
Luke 21:18 : 18 And not a hair of your head shall perish.
Mark 8:2-3 : 2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: 3 and if I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way; and some of them are come from far.
Matt 15:32 : 32 And Jesus called unto him his disciples, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat: and I would not send them away fasting, lest haply they faint on the way.
Phil 2:5 : 5 Have this {G5426} mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
1 Tim 5:23 : 23 Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Luke 12:7 : 7 But {G2532} the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: {G3767} ye are of more value than many sparrows.

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