Bible Verse Dictionary
Acts 12:5 - Prayer
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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Peter | G4074 | Πέτρος |
[Noun Masculine] a (piece of) rock (larger than G3037); as a name Petrus an apostle |
therefore | G3767 | οὖν |
(adverbially) certainly or (conjugationally) accordingly |
was | G3303 | μέν |
properly indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with G1161 (this one the former etc. |
kept | G5083 | τηρέω |
[Verb] perhaps akin to G2334); to guard (from loss or injury properly by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442 which is properly to prevent escaping; and from G2892 which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus) that is to note (a prophecy; figuratively to fulfil a command); by implication to detain (in custody; figuratively to maintain); by extension to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively to keep unmarried) |
in | G1722 | ἐν |
[Preposition]
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prison | G5438 | φυλακή |
[Noun Feminine] a guarding or (concretely guard) the act the parson; figuratively the place the condition or (specifically) the time (as a division of day or night) literally or figuratively |
but | G1161 | δέ |
[Conjunction] but and etc. |
prayer | G4335 | προσευχή |
[Noun Feminine] prayer (worship); by implication an oratory (chapel) |
was | G3303 | μέν |
properly indicative of affirmation or concession (in fact); usually followed by a contrasted clause with G1161 (this one the former etc. |
made | G1096 | γίνομαι |
[Verb] to cause to be ( |
without ceasing | G1618 | ἐκτενής |
[Adjective] intent |
of | G5259 | ὑπό |
[Preposition] under that is (with the genitive) of place (beneath) or with verbs (the agency or means through); (with the accusative) of place (whither [underneath] or where [below]) or time (when [at]) |
the | G3588 | ὁ |
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom) |
church | G1577 | ἐκκλησία |
[Noun Feminine] a calling out that is (concretely) a popular meeting especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both) |
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) |
God | G2316 | θεός |
[Noun Masculine] a deity especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively a magistrate; by Hebraism very |
for | G5228 | ὑπέρ |
[Preposition]
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him | 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 |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.