Bible Verse Dictionary
Acts 3:12 - Why
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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And | G1161 | δέ |
[Conjunction] but and etc. |
when Peter | G4074 | Πέτρος |
[Noun Masculine] a (piece of) rock (larger than G3037); as a name Petrus an apostle |
saw | G1492 | εἴδω |
[Verb] used only in certain past tenses the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 and G3708; properly to see (literally or figuratively); by implication (in the perfect only) to know |
it he answered | G611 | ἀποκρίνομαι |
[Verb] to conclude for oneself that is (by implication) to respond; by Hebraism (compare [H6030]) to begin to speak (where an address is expected) |
unto | G4314 | πρός |
[Preposition] a preposition of direction; forward to that is toward (with the genitive case the side of that is pertaining to; with the dative case by the side of that is near to; usually with the accusative case the place time occasion or respect which is the destination of the relation that is whither or for which it is predicated) |
the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
people | G2992 | λαός |
[Noun Masculine] a people (in general; thus differing from G1218 which denotes one´ s own populace) |
Ye | G1909 | ἐπί |
[Preposition] of rest (with the dative case) at on etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards upon etc.: about (the times) above after against among as long as (touching) at beside X-(idiom) have charge of (be- [where-]) fore in (a place as much as the time of -to) (because) of (up-) on (behalf of) over (by for) the space of through (-out) (un-) to (-ward) with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import at |
men | G435 | ἀνήρ |
[Noun Masculine] a man (properly as an individual male) |
of Israel | G2475 | Ἰσραηλίτης |
[Noun Masculine] an |
why | G5101 | τίς |
an interrogitive pronoun who: which or what (in direct or indirect questions) |
marvel | G2296 | θαυμάζω |
[Verb] to wonder; by implication to admire |
ye | G1909 | ἐπί |
[Preposition] of rest (with the dative case) at on etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards upon etc.: about (the times) above after against among as long as (touching) at beside X-(idiom) have charge of (be- [where-]) fore in (a place as much as the time of -to) (because) of (up-) on (behalf of) over (by for) the space of through (-out) (un-) to (-ward) with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import at |
at this | G5129 | τούτῳ |
to (in with or by) this (person or thing) |
or | G2228 | ἤ |
disjunctive or; comparative than |
why | G5101 | τίς |
an interrogitive pronoun who: which or what (in direct or indirect questions) |
look ye | G1909 | ἐπί |
[Preposition] of rest (with the dative case) at on etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards upon etc.: about (the times) above after against among as long as (touching) at beside X-(idiom) have charge of (be- [where-]) fore in (a place as much as the time of -to) (because) of (up-) on (behalf of) over (by for) the space of through (-out) (un-) to (-ward) with. In compounds it retains essentially the same import at |
so earnestly | G816 | ἀτενίζω |
[Verb] to gaze intently |
on us | G2254 | ἡμῖν |
to (or for with: by) us |
as though | G5613 | ὡς |
[Adverb] which how that is in that manner (very variously used as shown) |
by our own | G2398 | ἴδιος |
[Adjective] pertaining to self that is one's own; by implication private or separate |
power | G1411 | δύναμις |
[Noun Feminine] force (literally or figuratively); specifically miraculous power (usually by implication a miracle itself) |
or | G2228 | ἤ |
disjunctive or; comparative than |
holiness | G2150 | εὐσέβεια |
[Noun Feminine] piety; specifically the gospel scheme |
we had made | G4160 | ποιέω |
[Verb] to make or do (in a very wide application more or less direct) |
this | G5129 | τούτῳ |
to (in with or by) this (person or thing) |
man | G846 | αὐτός |
backward); the reflexive pronoun self used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons |
to walk | G4043 | περιπατέω |
[Verb] to tread all around that is walk at large (especially as proof of ability); figuratively to live deport oneself follow (as a companion or votary) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.