Acts 18:17

ἐπιλαβόμενοι δὲ πάντες οἱ Ἕλληνες Σωσθένην τὸν ἀρχισυνάγωγον ἔτυπτον ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ βήματος· καὶ οὐδὲν τούτων τῷ Γαλλίωνι ἔμελεν
Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ἐπιλαβόμενοι
G1949 V-2ADP-NPM
epilambanomai
to seize (for help, injury, attainment, or any other purpose; literally or figuratively)
  • to take in addition, to lay hold of, take possession of, overtake, attain, attain to
    • to lay hold of or to seize upon anything with the hands, to take hold of, lay hold of
      • "metaphorically to rescue one from peril, to help, succour
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
πάντες
G3956 A-NPM
pas
all, any, every, the whole
  • individually
    • each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything
    collectively
    • some of all types
οἱ
G3588
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
Ἕλληνες
G1672
hellēn
a Hellen (Grecian) or inhabitant of Hellas; by extension a Greek-speaking person, especially a non-Jew
  • a Greek either by nationality, whether a native of the main land or of the Greek islands or colonies
    • "in a wider sense the name embraces all nations not Jews that made the language, customs, and learning of the Greeks their own; the primary reference is to a difference of religion and worship
Σωσθένην
G4988 N-ASM-P
sōsthenēs
saviour of his nation
of safe strength; Sosthenes, a Christian
  • a Jew at Corinth who was seized and beaten in the presence of Gallio
    • "a certain Christian associate of Paul
τὸν
G3588 T-ASM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ἀρχισυνάγωγον
G752 N-ASM
archisynagōgos
director of the synagogue services
  • ruler of the synagogue. It was his duty to select the readers or teachers in the synagogue, to examine the discourses of the public speakers, and to see that all things were done with decency and in accordance with ancestral usage.
ἔτυπτον
G5180 V-IAI-3P
typtō
to ___%___thump___%___, i.e., cudgel or pummel (properly, with a stick or bastinado), but in any case by repeated blows; thus differing from G3817 and G3960, which denote a (usually single) blow with the hand or any instrument, or G4141 with the fist (or a hammer), or G4474 with the palm; as well as from G5177, an accidental collision); by implication, to punish; figuratively, to offend (the conscience)
  • to strike, beat, smite
    • with a staff, a whip, the fist, the hand
      • "of mourners, to smite their breast
    to smite one on whom he inflicts punitive evil"to smite
    • metaphorically to wound, disquiet one's conscience
ἔμπροσθεν
G1715 PREP
emprosthen
in front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or time)
  • in front, before
    • before, i.e., in that local region which is in front of a person or thing
      • "before, in the presence of, i.e., opposite to, over against one"before, in the sight of"before, denoting rank
τοῦ
G3588 T-GSN
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
βήματος·
G968 N-GSN
bēma
a step, i.e., foot-breath; by implication, a rostrum, i.e., a tribunal
  • a step, pace, the space which a foot covers, a foot-breath
    • "a raised place mounted by steps
    • a platform, tribune
      • of the official seat of a judge
        • "of the judgment seat of Christ"Herod built a structure resembling a throne at Caesarea, from which he viewed the games and made speeches to the people
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
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
οὐδὲν
G3762 A-NSN
oudeis
not even one (man, woman or thing), i.e., none, nobody, nothing
  • no one, nothing
τούτων
G5130
toutōn
of (from or concerning) these (persons or things)
  • of these
τῷ
G3588 T-DSM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
Γαλλίωνι
G1058 N-DSM-P
galliōn
one who lives on milk
Gallion (i.e., Gallio), a Roman officer
  • Junius Annaeus Gallio, the Roman proconsul of Achaia when Paul was at Corinth, AD 53, under the emperor Claudius
ἔμελεν
G3199 V-IAI-3S
melō
to be of interest to, i.e., to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)
  • to care about

ἐπιλαβόμενοι δὲ πάντες οἱ Ἕλληνες Σωσθένην τὸν ἀρχισυνάγωγον ἔτυπτον ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ βήματος· καὶ οὐδὲν τούτων τῷ Γαλλίωνι ἔμελεν
17
Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:1

Παῦλος κλητὸς ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ διὰ θελήματος θεοῦ καὶ Σωσθένης ὁ ἀδελφός
1
Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

Acts 17:32

Ἀκούσαντες δὲ ἀνάστασιν νεκρῶν οἱ μὲν ἐχλεύαζον οἱ δὲ εἶπον Ἀκουσόμεθά σου πάλιν περὶ τούτου
32
And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

Amos 6:6

הַשֹּׁתִים בְּמִזְרְקֵי יַיִן וְרֵאשִׁית שְׁמָנִים יִמְשָׁחוּ וְלֹא נֶחְלוּ עַל-שֵׁבֶר יוֹסֵֽף׃
6
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

1 Corinthians 1:23

ἡμεῖς δὲ κηρύσσομεν Χριστὸν ἐσταυρωμένον Ἰουδαίοις μὲν σκάνδαλον Ἕλλησιν δὲ μωρίαν
23
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
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