Acts 28:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Συστρέψαντος δὲ τοῦ Παύλου φρυγάνων πλῆθος, καὶ ἐπιθέντος ἐπὶ τὴν πυράν, ἔχιδνα ἐκ τῆς θέρμης ἐξελθοῦσα, καθῆψε τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

Sustrepsantos de tou Paulou phruganōn plēthos, and epithentos epi the puran, exidna ek tēs thermēs exelthousa, kathēpse tēs xeiros autou.

Grammar Details

*Sustrepsantos*: aorist active participle, genitive masculine singular - having gathered/collected
*de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but
*tou Paulou*: genitive masculine singular - of Paul
*phruganōn*: genitive neuter plural - of sticks/brushwood/kindling
*plēthos*: accusative neuter singular - pile/quantity/multitude
*epithentos*: aorist active participle, genitive masculine singular - having placed/put
*epi*: preposition with accusative - on/upon
*puran*: accusative feminine singular - fire/pyre
*exidna*: nominative feminine singular - viper/venomous snake
*ek*: preposition with genitive - from/out of
*tēs thermēs*: genitive feminine singular - of the heat
*exelthousa*: aorist active participle, nominative feminine singular - having come out
*kathēpse*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - fastened onto/attached to
*tēs xeiros*: genitive feminine singular - of the hand
*autou*: genitive masculine singular - of him

Word Meanings

*Sustrepsantos*: having gathered/collected/bundled together
*phruganōn*: sticks/brushwood/kindling/dry twigs
*plēthos*: pile/quantity/multitude/bundle
*epithentos*: having placed/put/laid
*puran*: fire/bonfire/pyre
*exidna*: viper/venomous snake
*thermēs*: heat/warmth
*exelthousa*: having come out/emerged/escaped
*kathēpse*: fastened onto/attached to/seized/bit

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Referenced Verses

Job 20:16 : 16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
Isa 30:6 : 6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
Isa 41:24 : 24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
Isa 59:5 : 5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matt 12:34 : 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Matt 23:33 : 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Acts 28:4 : 4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
2 Cor 6:9 : 9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
2 Cor 11:23 : 23 Are they ministers of Christ?(I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
Amos 5:19 : 19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

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