2 Corinthians 11:32

ἐν Δαμασκῷ ὁ ἐθνάρχης Ἁρέτα τοῦ βασιλέως ἐφρούρει τὴν Δαμασκηνῶν πόλιν πιάσαι με θέλων·
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept with a garrison, the city of the Damascenes desirous to apprehend me:
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ἐν
G1722 PREP
en
___%___in,___%___ at, (up-)on, by, etc
  • in, by, with
Δαμασκῷ
G1154 N-DSF-L
damaskos
silent is the sackcloth weaver
Damascus, a city of Syria
  • one of the most ancient and most important cities of Syria lying in almost lovely and fertile plain at the eastern base of the Antilibanus
ὁ
G3588 T-NSM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ἐθνάρχης
G1481 N-NSM
ethnarchēs
the governor (not king) of a district
  • an ethnarch, one set over a people as ruler, but without the authority and name of a king
Ἁρέτα
G702 N-GSM-P
aretas
graver
Aretas, an Arabian
  • An Arabian king
τοῦ
G3588 T-GSM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
βασιλέως
G935 N-GSM
basileus
a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively)
  • leader of the people, prince, commander, lord of the land, king
ἐφρούρει
G5432 V-IAI-3S
phroureō
to be a watcher in advance, i.e., to mount guard as a sentinel (post spies at gates); figuratively, to hem in, protect
  • to guard, protect by a military guard, either to prevent hostile invasion, or to keep the inhabitants of a besieged city from flight
    • "metaphorically
    • under the control of the Mosaic law, that he might not escape from its power
      • "to protect by guarding, to keep"by watching and guarding to preserve one for the attainment of something
τὴν
G3588 T-ASF
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
Δαμασκηνῶν
G1153
damaskēnos
a Damascene or inhabitant of Damascus
  • of Damascus
πόλιν
G4172 N-ASF
polis
a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size)
  • a city
    • one's native city, the city in which one lives
      • "the heavenly Jerusalem
      • the abode of the blessed in heaven
        • "of the visible capital in the heavenly kingdom, to come down to earth after the renovation of the world by fire
      the inhabitants of a city
πιάσαι
G4084 V-AAN
piazō
to squeeze, i.e., seize (gently by the hand (press), or officially (arrest), or in hunting (capture))
  • to lay hold of
    • "to take, capture
    • of fishes
    to apprehend
    • of a man, in order to imprison him
με
G3165
me
me
  • I, me, my, etc.
θέλων·
G2309
thelō
to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014 properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations), i.e., choose or prefer (literally or figuratively); by implication, to wish, i.e., be inclined to (sometimes adverbially, gladly); impersonally for the future tense, to be about to; by Hebraism, to delight in
  • to will, have in mind, intend
    • to be resolved or determined, to purpose
      • "to desire, to wish"to love
      • to like to do a thing, be fond of doing
      to take delight in, have pleasure

ἐν Δαμασκῷ ὁ ἐθνάρχης Ἁρέτα τοῦ βασιλέως ἐφρούρει τὴν Δαμασκηνῶν πόλιν πιάσαι με θέλων·
32
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept with a garrison, the city of the Damascenes desirous to apprehend me:
Cross References

2 Corinthians 11:26

ὁδοιπορίαις πολλάκις κινδύνοις ποταμῶν κινδύνοις λῃστῶν κινδύνοις ἐκ γένους κινδύνοις ἐξ ἐθνῶν κινδύνοις ἐν πόλει κινδύνοις ἐν ἐρημίᾳ κινδύνοις ἐν θαλάσσῃ κινδύνοις ἐν ψευδαδέλφοις
26
In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

Acts 9:24

ἐγνώσθη δὲ τῷ Σαύλῳ ἡ ἐπιβουλὴ αὐτῶν παρετηροῦν τε τὰς πύλας ἡμέρας τε καὶ νυκτὸς ὅπως αὐτὸν ἀνέλωσιν·
24
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
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