Acts 16:38

ἀνήγγειλάν δὲ τοῖς στρατηγοῖς οἱ ῥαβδοῦχοι τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ῥωμαῖοί εἰσιν
And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ἀνήγγειλάν
G312
anangellō
to announce (in detail)
  • to announce, make known
    • "to report, bring back tidings, rehearse
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
τοῖς
G3588 T-DPM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
στρατηγοῖς
G4755 N-DPM
stratēgos
a general, i.e., (by implication or analogy) a (military) governor (praetor), the chief (praefect) of the (Levitical) temple-wardens
  • the commander of an army
    • "in the New Testament a civic commander, a governor
    • the name the highest magistrate in the municipia or colonies; they had the power of administering justice in the less important cases
      • "of civil magistrates
    captain of the temple, i.e., the commander of the Levites who kept guard in and around the temple
οἱ
G3588 T-NPM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ῥαβδοῦχοι
G4465 N-NPM
rhabdouchos
a rod- (the Latin fasces) holder, i.e., a Roman lictor (constable or executioner)
  • one who carries the rods i.e., the fasces
    • "a lictor, a public official who bore the fasces or staff and other insignia of office before a magistrate
τὰ
G3588 T-APN
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ῥήματα
G4487 N-APN
rhēma
an utterance (individually, collectively or specially),; by implication, a matter or topic (especially of narration, command or dispute); with a negative naught whatever
  • that which is or has been uttered by the living voice, thing spoken, word
    • any sound produced by the voice and having definite meaning
      • "speech, discourse
      • what one has said
      a series of words joined together into a sentence (a declaration of one's mind made in words)
      • an utterance
        • "a saying of any sort as a message, a narrative
        • concerning some occurrence
    subject matter of speech, thing spoken of
    • so far forth as it is a matter of narration
      • "so far as it is a matter of command"a matter of dispute, case at law
ταῦτα
G5023
tauta
these things
  • these
καὶ
G2532
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
ἐφοβήθησαν
G5399 V-AOI-3P
phobeō
to frighten, i.e., (passively) to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e., revere
  • to put to flight by terrifying (to scare away)
    • to put to flight, to flee
      • "to fear, be afraid
      • to be struck with fear, to be seized with alarm
        • of those startled by strange sights or occurrences
          • "of those struck with amazement
        to fear, be afraid of one"to fear (i.e., hesitate) to do something (for fear of harm)
      to reverence, venerate, to treat with deference or reverential obedience
ἀκούσαντες
G191 V-AAP-NPM
akouō
to hear (in various senses)
  • to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf
    • "to hear
    • to attend to, consider what is or has been said
      • "to understand, perceive the sense of what is said
    to hear something
    • to perceive by the ear what is announced in one's presence
      • "to get by hearing learn"a thing comes to one's ears, to find out, learn"to give ear to a teaching or a teacher"to comprehend, to understand
ὅτι
G3754 CONJ
hoti
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
  • that, because, since
Ῥωμαῖοί
G4514 A-NPM-LG
rhōmaios
Romaean, i.e., Roman (as noun)
  • a resident of the city of Rome, a Roman citizen
εἰσιν
G1526
eisi
they are
  • are, be, were, etc.

ἀνήγγειλάν δὲ τοῖς στρατηγοῖς οἱ ῥαβδοῦχοι τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ῥωμαῖοί εἰσιν
38
And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
Cross References

Acts 22:29

εὐθέως οὖν ἀπέστησαν ἀπ' αὐτοῦ οἱ μέλλοντες αὐτὸν ἀνετάζειν καὶ ὁ χιλίαρχος δὲ ἐφοβήθη ἐπιγνοὺς ὅτι Ῥωμαῖός ἐστιν καὶ ὅτι ἦν αὐτὸν δεδεκώς
29
Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

Matthew 14:5

καὶ θέλων αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι ἐφοβήθη τὸν ὄχλον ὅτι ὡς προφήτην αὐτὸν εἶχον
5
And when he have would put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

Matthew 21:46

καὶ ζητοῦντες αὐτὸν κρατῆσαι ἐφοβήθησαν τοὺς ὄχλους ἐπειδὴ ὡς προφήτην αὐτὸν εἶχον
46
But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
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