Acts 21:40

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐπιτρέψαντος δὲ αὐτοῦ, ὁ Παῦλος ἑστὼς ἐπὶ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν, κατέσεισεν τῇ χειρὶ τῷ λαῷ. Πολλῆς δὲ σιγῆς γενομένης, προσεφώνησεν τῇ Ἑβραΐδι διαλέκτῳ, λέγων,

Transliteration

Epitrepsantos de autou, the Paulos hestōs epi the anabathmōn, kateseisen the cheiri to the laō. Pollēs de sigēs genomenēs, prosephōnēsen the Hebraidi dialektō, legōn,

Grammar Details

*Epitrepsantos*: aorist active participle, genitive, masculine, singular - having permitted
*de*: postpositive particle - but/and
*autou*: genitive, masculine, singular pronoun - of him
*Paulos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Paul
*hestōs*: perfect active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - standing/having stood
*epi*: preposition + genitive - on/upon
*anabathmōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - steps/stairs
*kateseisen*: aorist active, 3rd singular - motioned down/gestured
*cheiri*: dative, feminine, singular - with the hand
*laō*: dative, masculine, singular - to the people
*Pollēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - much/great
*sigēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - silence
*genomenēs*: aorist middle participle, genitive, feminine, singular - having come about
*prosephōnēsen*: aorist active, 3rd singular - addressed/called out to
*Hebraidi*: dative, feminine, singular - Hebrew
*dialektō*: dative, feminine, singular - language/dialect
*legōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - saying

Word Meanings

*Epitrepsantos de autou*: when he had given permission/after he permitted
*anabathmōn*: steps/stairs (of the barracks)
*kateseisen*: motioned down/gestured/made a signal
*Pollēs de sigēs genomenēs*: when great silence occurred/when much quiet came about
*Hebraidi dialektō*: in the Hebrew language/dialect (likely Aramaic, the common language of Jews in this period)

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Referenced Verses

Acts 12:17 : 17 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.
John 5:2 : 2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
Acts 22:2 : 2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
Acts 26:14 : 14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Acts 21:35 : 35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
Rev 9:11 : 11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Rev 16:16 : 16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
John 19:13 : 13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
John 19:17 : 17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
John 19:20 : 20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
Acts 6:1 : 1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
Acts 13:16 : 16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
Acts 19:33 : 33 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.
2 Kgs 9:13 : 13 Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
Luke 23:38 : 38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

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