Acts 25:16

πρὸς οὓς ἀπεκρίθην ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἔθος Ῥωμαίοις χαρίζεσθαί τινα ἄνθρωπον εἰς ἀπώλειαν πρὶν ἢ ὁ κατηγορούμενος κατὰ πρόσωπον ἔχοι τοὺς κατηγόρους τόπον τε ἀπολογίας λάβοι περὶ τοῦ ἐγκλήματος
To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face face, to and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
πρὸς
G4314 PREP
pros
a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e., near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e., whither or for which it is predicated)
  • to the advantage of
    • "at, near, by"to, towards, with, with regard to
οὓς
G3739 R-APM
hos
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
  • who, which, what, that
ἀπεκρίθην
G611 V-ADI-1S
apokrinomai
to conclude for oneself, i.e., (by implication) to respond; by Hebraism (compare H6030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)
  • to give an answer to a question proposed, to answer
    • "to begin to speak, but always where something has preceded (either said or done) to which the remarks refer
ὅτι
G3754 CONJ
hoti
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
  • that, because, since
οὐκ
G3756 PRT-N
ou
the absolute negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not
  • no, not
ἔστιν
G2076
esti
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
  • third person singular of ___%___to be___%___
ἔθος
G1485 N-NSN
ethos
a usage (prescribed by habit or law)
  • custom
    • "usage prescribed by law, institute, prescription, rite
Ῥωμαίοις
G4514 A-DPM-LG
rhōmaios
Romaean, i.e., Roman (as noun)
  • a resident of the city of Rome, a Roman citizen
χαρίζεσθαί
G5483 V-PMN
charizomai
to grant as a favor, i.e., gratuitously, in kindness, pardon or rescue
  • to do something pleasant or agreeable (to one), to do a favor to, gratify
    • to show one's self gracious, kind, benevolent
      • "to grant forgiveness, to pardon"to give graciously, give freely, bestow
      • to forgive
        • "graciously to restore one to another"to preserve for one a person in peril
τινα
G5100 X-ASM
tis
some or any person or object
  • a certain, a certain one
    • "some, some time, a while
ἄνθρωπον
G444 N-ASM
anthrōpos
man-faced, i.e., a human being
  • a human being, whether male or female
    • generically, to include all human individuals
      • "to distinguish man from beings of a different race or order
      • of animals and plants
        • "of from God and Christ"of the angels
      with the added notion of weakness, by which man is led into a mistake or prompted to sin"with the adjunct notion of contempt or disdainful pity"with reference to two fold nature of man, body and soul"with reference to the two fold nature of man, the corrupt and the truly Christian man, conformed to the nature of God"with reference to sex, a male
    indefinitely, someone, a man, one"in the plural, people"joined with other words, merchantman
εἰς
G1519
eis
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
  • into, unto, to, towards, for, among
ἀπώλειαν
G684
apōleia
ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal)
  • destroying, utter destruction
    • of vessels
    a perishing, ruin, destruction
    • of money
      • "the destruction which consists of eternal misery in hell
πρὶν
G4250 CONJ
prin
before
  • before, formerly, prior, sooner
ἢ
G2228 CONJ
ē
disjunctive, or; comparative, than
  • either, or, than
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
κατηγορούμενος
G2723 V-PPP-NSM
katēgoreō
to be a plaintiff, i.e., to charge with some offence
  • to accuse
    • before a judge: to make an accusation
      • "of an extra-judicial accusation
κατὰ
G2596 PREP
kata
(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
  • down from, through out
    • "according to, toward, along
πρόσωπον
G4383 N-ASN
prosōpon
the front (as being towards view), i.e., the countenance, aspect, appearance, surface; by implication, presence, person
  • the face
    • the front of the human head
      • "countenance, look
      • the face so far forth as it is the organ of sight, and by it various movements and changes) the index of the inward thoughts and feelings
      the appearance one presents by his wealth or property, his rank or low condition
      • outward circumstances, external condition
        • "used in expressions which denote to regard the person in one's judgment and treatment of men
    the outward appearance of inanimate things
ἔχοι
G2192 V-PAO-3S
echō
to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
  • to have, i.e., to hold
    • to have (hold) in the hand, in the sense of wearing, to have (hold) possession of the mind (refers to alarm, agitating emotions, etc.), to hold fast keep, to have or comprise or involve, to regard or consider or hold as
    to have i.e., own, possess
    • external things such as pertain to property or riches or furniture or utensils or goods or food etc.
      • "used of those joined to any one by the bonds of natural blood or marriage or friendship or duty or law etc, of attendance or companionship
    to hold one's self or find one's self so and so, to be in such or such a condition"to hold one's self to a thing, to lay hold of a thing, to adhere or cling to
    • to be closely joined to a person or a thing
τοὺς
G3588 T-APM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
κατηγόρους
G2725 N-APM
katēgoros
against one in the assembly, i.e., a complainant at law; specially, Satan
  • an accuser
    • a name given to the devil by the rabbis
τόπον
G5117 N-ASM
topos
a spot (general in space, but limited by occupancy; whereas G5561 is a large but participle locality), i.e., location (as a position, home, tract, etc.); figuratively, condition, opportunity; specially, a scabbard
  • place, any portion or space marked off, as it were from surrounding space
    • an inhabited place, as a city, village, district
      • "a place (passage) in a book
    metaphorically
    • the condition or station held by one in any company or assembly
      • "opportunity, power, occasion for acting
τε
G5037 CONJ
te
both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532)
  • not only ... but also
    • "both ... and"as ... so
ἀπολογίας
G627 N-GSF
apologia
a plea (___%___apology___%___)
  • verbal defense, speech in defense
    • "a reasoned statement or argument
λάβοι
G2983 V-2AAO-3S
lambanō
while G0138 is more violent, to seize or remove))
  • to take
    • to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it
      • to take up a thing to be carried
        • "to take upon one's self
      to take in order to carry away
      • without the notion of violence, i.e., to remove, take away
      to take what is one's own, to take to one's self, to make one's own
      • to claim, procure, for one's self
        • to associate with one's self as companion, attendant
        of that which when taken is not let go, to seize, to lay hold of, apprehend"to take by craft (our catch, used of hunters, fisherman, etc.), to circumvent one by fraud"to take to one's self, lay hold upon, take possession of, i.e., to appropriate to one's self"catch at, reach after, strive to obtain"to take a thing due, to collect, gather (tribute)
      to take
      • to admit, receive
        • "to receive what is offered"not to refuse or reject"to receive a person, give him access to one's self,
        • to regard any one's power, rank, external circumstances, and on that account to do some injustice or neglect something
      to take, to choose, select"to take beginning, to prove anything, to make a trial of, to experience
    to receive (what is given), to gain, get, obtain, to get back
περὶ
G4012 PREP
peri
properly, through (all over), i.e., around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)
  • about, concerning, on account of, because of, around, near
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
ἐγκλήματος
G1462 N-GSN
enklēma
an accusation, i.e., offence alleged
  • accusation: the crime of which one is accused

πρὸς οὓς ἀπεκρίθην ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἔθος Ῥωμαίοις χαρίζεσθαί τινα ἄνθρωπον εἰς ἀπώλειαν πρὶν ἢ ὁ κατηγορούμενος κατὰ πρόσωπον ἔχοι τοὺς κατηγόρους τόπον τε ἀπολογίας λάβοι περὶ τοῦ ἐγκλήματος
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To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face face, to and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
Cross References

John 7:51

Μὴ ὁ νόμος ἡμῶν κρίνει τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ παρ' αὐτοῦ πρότερον καὶ γνῷ τί ποιεῖ
51
Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

Deuteronomy 19:17

וְעָֽמְדוּ שְׁנֵֽי-הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר-לָהֶם הָרִיב לִפְנֵי יְהוָה לִפְנֵי הַכֹּֽהֲנִים וְהַשֹּׁפְטִים אֲשֶׁר יִֽהְיוּ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵֽם׃
17
Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;

Acts 23:30

μηνυθείσης δέ μοι ἐπιβουλῆς εἰς τὸν ἄνδρα μελλείν ἔσεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐξαυτῆς ἔπεμψα πρὸς σέ παραγγείλας καὶ τοῖς κατηγόροις λέγειν τὰ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐπὶ σοῦ Ἔῤῥωσο
30
And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.

Acts 25:4

ὁ μὲν οὖν Φῆστος ἀπεκρίθη τηρεῖσθαι τὸν Παῦλον ἐν Καισαρείᾳ ἑαυτὸν δὲ μέλλειν ἐν τάχει ἐκπορεύεσθαι·
4
But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.

Proverbs 18:17

צַדִּיק הָרִאשׁוֹן בְּרִיבוֹ ‫(יבא)‬ וּבָֽא-רֵעֵהוּ וַחֲקָרֽוֹ׃
17
He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

Acts 26:1

Ἀγρίππας δὲ πρὸς τὸν Παῦλον ἔφη Ἐπιτρέπεταί σοι ὑπὲρ σεαυτοῦ λέγειν τότε ὁ Παῦλος ἀπελογεῖτο ἐκτείνας τὴν χεῖρα
1
Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:

Proverbs 18:13

מֵשִׁיב דָּבָר בְּטֶרֶם יִשְׁמָע אִוֶּלֶת הִיא-לוֹ וּכְלִמָּֽה׃
13
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

Deuteronomy 17:4

וְהֻֽגַּד-לְךָ וְשָׁמָעְתָּ וְדָֽרַשְׁתָּ הֵיטֵב וְהִנֵּה אֱמֶת נָכוֹן הַדָּבָר נֶֽעֶשְׂתָה הַתּֽוֹעֵבָה הַזֹּאת בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
4
And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:
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