Acts 7:23

Ὡς δὲ ἐπληροῦτο αὐτῷ τεσσαρακονταετὴς χρόνος ἀνέβη ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπισκέψασθαι τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραήλ
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
Ὡς
G5613 CONJ
hōs
which how, i.e., in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
  • as, like, even as, etc.
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
ἐπληροῦτο
G4137 V-IPI-3S
plēroō
to make replete, i.e., (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc
  • to make full, to fill up, i.e., to fill to the full
    • to cause to abound, to furnish or supply liberally
      • I abound, I am liberally supplied
    to render full, i.e., to complete
    • to fill to the top: so that nothing shall be wanting to full measure, fill to the brim
      • "to consummate: a number
      • to make complete in every particular, to render perfect
        • "to carry through to the end, to accomplish, carry out, (some undertaking)
      to carry into effect, bring to realisation, realize
      • of matters of duty: to perform, execute
        • "of sayings, promises, prophecies, to bring to pass, ratify, accomplish"to fulfil, i.e., to cause God's will (as made known in the law) to be obeyed as it should be, and God's promises (given through the prophets) to receive fulfilment
αὐτῷ
G846 P-DSM
autos
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
  • himself, herself, themselves, itself
    • "he, she, it"the same
τεσσαρακονταετὴς
G5063
tessarakontaetēs
of forty years of age
  • of forty years, forty years old
χρόνος
G5550 N-NSM
chronos
a space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from G2540, which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from G0165, which denotes a particular period) or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay
  • time either long or short
ἀνέβη
G305 V-2AAI-3S
anabainō
to go up (literally or figuratively)
  • ascend
    • to go up
      • "to rise, mount, be borne up, spring up
ἐπὶ
G1909 PREP
epi
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc
  • upon, on, at, by, before
    • "of position, on, at, by, over, against"to, over, on, at, across, against
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
καρδίαν
G2588 N-ASF
kardia
the heart, i.e., (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
  • the heart
    • that organ in the animal body which is the center of the circulation of the blood, and hence was regarded as the seat of physical life
      • "denotes the center of all physical and spiritual life
      • the vigour and sense of physical life
        • "the center and seat of spiritual life
        • the soul or mind, as it is the fountain and seat of the thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, affections, purposes, endeavors
          • "of the understanding, the faculty and seat of the intelligence"of the will and character"of the soul so far as it is affected and stirred in a bad way or good, or of the soul as the seat of the sensibilities, affections, emotions, desires, appetites, passions
      of the middle or central or inmost part of anything, even though inanimate
αὐτοῦ
G846 P-GSM
autos
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
  • himself, herself, themselves, itself
    • "he, she, it"the same
ἐπισκέψασθαι
G1980 V-ADN
episkeptomai
to inspect, i.e., (by implication) to select; by extension, to go to see, relieve
  • to look upon or after, to inspect, examine with the eyes
    • in order to see how he is, i.e., to visit, go to see one
      • the poor and afflicted, the sick
      to look upon in order to help or to benefit
      • to look after, have care for, provide for: of God
      to look (about) for, look out (one to choose, employ, etc.)
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
ἀδελφοὺς
G80 N-APM
adelphos
a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like G0001)
  • a brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother
    • "having the same national ancestor, belonging to the same people, or countryman"any fellow or man"a fellow believer, united to another by the bond of affection"an associate in employment or office"brethren in Christ
    • his brothers by blood
      • "all men"apostles"Christians, as those who are exalted to the same heavenly place
αὐτοῦ
G846 P-GSM
autos
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
  • himself, herself, themselves, itself
    • "he, she, it"the same
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
υἱοὺς
G5207 N-APM
huios
a ___%___son___%___ (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
  • a son
    • rarely used for the young of animals
      • "generally used of the offspring of men"in a restricted sense, the male offspring (one born by a father and of a mother)"in a wider sense, a descendant, one of the posterity of any one,
      • the children of Israel
        • "sons of Abraham
      used to describe one who depends on another or is his follower
      • a pupil
    son of man
    • term describing man, carrying the connotation of weakness and mortality
      • "son of man, symbolically denotes the fifth kingdom in Daniel 7:13 and by this term its humanity is indicated in contrast with the barbarity and ferocity of the four preceding kingdoms (the Babylonian, the Median and the Persian, the Macedonian, and the Roman) typified by the four beasts"used by Christ himself, doubtless in order that he might intimate his Messiahship and also that he might designate himself as the head of the human race, the man, the one who both furnished the pattern of the perfect man and acted on behalf of all mankind
    son of God
    • used to describe Adam (see Luke 3:38)
      • "used to describe those who are born again (see Luke 20:36) and of angels and of Jesus Christ"of those whom God esteems as sons, whom he loves, protects and benefits above others
      • in the Old Testament used of the Jews
        • "in the New Testament of Christians"those whose character God, as a loving father, shapes by chastisements (Hebrews 12:5–8)
      those who revere God as their father, the pious worshipers of God, those who in character and life resemble God, those who are governed by the Spirit of God, repose the same calm and joyful trust in God ...
Ἰσραήλ
G2474 N-GSM-L
israēl
he shall be a prince of God
Israel (i.e., Jisrael), the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants (literally or figuratively)
  • the name given to the patriarch Jacob (and borne by him in addition to his former name)
    • "the family or descendants of Israel, the race of Israel"Christians, the Israel of God (Galatians 6:16), for not all those who draw their bodily descent from Israel are true Israelites, i.e., are those whom God pronounces to be Israelites and has chosen to salvation

Ὡς δὲ ἐπληροῦτο αὐτῷ τεσσαρακονταετὴς χρόνος ἀνέβη ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπισκέψασθαι τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραήλ
23
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
Cross References

Exodus 2:11

וַיְהִי׀ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וַיִּגְדַּל מֹשֶׁה וַיֵּצֵא אֶל-אֶחָיו וַיַּרְא בְּסִבְלֹתָם וַיַּרְא אִישׁ מִצְרִי מַכֶּה אִישׁ-עִבְרִי מֵֽאֶחָֽיו׃
11
And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

Proverbs 21:1

פַּלְגֵי-מַיִם לֶב-מֶלֶךְ בְּיַד-יְהוָה עַֽל-כָּל-אֲשֶׁר יַחְפֹּץ יַטֶּֽנּוּ׃
1
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

Hebrews 11:24

Πίστει Μωσῆς μέγας γενόμενος ἠρνήσατο λέγεσθαι υἱὸς θυγατρὸς Φαραώ
24
By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

Ezra 7:27

בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן כָּזֹאת בְּלֵב הַמֶּלֶךְ לְפָאֵר אֶת-בֵּית יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
27
Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:

Revelation 17:17

ὁ γὰρ θεὸς ἔδωκεν εἰς τὰς καρδίας αὐτῶν ποιῆσαι τὴν γνώμην αὐτοῦ καὶ ποιῆσαι μίαν γνώμην καὶ δοῦναι τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτῶν τῷ θηρίῳ ἄχρι τελεσθῇ τὰ ῥήματά τοῦ θεοῦ
17
For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of shall be God fulfilled.

Philippians 2:12

Ὥστε ἀγαπητοί μου καθὼς πάντοτε ὑπηκούσατε μὴ ὡς ἐν τῇ παρουσίᾳ μου μόνον ἀλλὰ νῦν πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἐν τῇ ἀπουσίᾳ μου μετὰ φόβου καὶ τρόμου τὴν ἑαυτῶν σωτηρίαν κατεργάζεσθε·
12
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

James 1:17

πᾶσα δόσις ἀγαθὴ καὶ πᾶν δώρημα τέλειον ἄνωθέν ἐστιν καταβαῖνον ἀπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς τῶν φώτων παρ' ᾧ οὐκ ἔνι παραλλαγὴ ἢ τροπῆς ἀποσκίασμα
17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Ezra 1:1

וּבִשְׁנַת אַחַת לְכוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס לִכְלוֹת דְּבַר-יְהוָה מִפִּי יִרְמְיָה הֵעִיר יְהוָה אֶת-רוּחַ כֹּרֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ-פָּרַס וַיַּֽעֲבֶר-קוֹל בְּכָל-מַלְכוּתוֹ וְגַם-בְּמִכְתָּב לֵאמֹֽר׃
1
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

Ezra 1:5

וַיָּקוּמוּ רָאשֵׁי הָֽאָבוֹת לִֽיהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן וְהַכֹּֽהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם לְכֹל הֵעִיר הָֽאֱלֹהִים אֶת-רוּחוֹ לַֽעֲלוֹת לִבְנוֹת אֶת-בֵּית יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
5
Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

Exodus 35:29

כָּל-אִישׁ וְאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר נָדַב לִבָּם אֹתָם לְהָבִיא לְכָל-הַמְּלָאכָה אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה לַֽעֲשׂוֹת בְּיַד-מֹשֶׁה הֵבִיאוּ בְנֵֽי-יִשְׂרָאֵל נְדָבָה לַֽיהוָֽה׃
29
The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.

Exodus 35:21

וַיָּבֹאוּ כָּל-אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר-נְשָׂאוֹ לִבּוֹ וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר נָֽדְבָה רוּחוֹ אֹתוֹ הֵבִיאוּ אֶת-תְּרוּמַת יְהוָה לִמְלֶאכֶת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וּלְכָל-עֲבֹדָתוֹ וּלְבִגְדֵי הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃
21
And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD's offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.

Exodus 4:18

וַיֵּלֶךְ מֹשֶׁה וַיָּשָׁב׀ אֶל-יֶתֶר חֹֽתְנוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ אֵלְכָה נָּא וְאָשׁוּבָה אֶל-אַחַי אֲשֶׁר-בְּמִצְרַיִם וְאֶרְאֶה הַֽעוֹדָם חַיִּים וַיֹּאמֶר יִתְרוֹ לְמֹשֶׁה לֵךְ לְשָׁלֽוֹם׃
18
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

2 Chronicles 30:12

גַּם בִּֽיהוּדָה הָֽיְתָה יַד הָֽאֱלֹהִים לָתֵת לָהֶם לֵב אֶחָד לַֽעֲשׂוֹת מִצְוַת הַמֶּלֶךְ וְהַשָּׂרִים בִּדְבַר יְהוָֽה׃
12
Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.

Acts 15:36

Μετὰ δέ τινας ἡμέρας εἶπεν Παῦλος πρὸς Βαρναβᾶν Ἐπιστρέψαντες δὴ ἐπισκεψώμεθα τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ἡμῶν κατὰ πᾶσαν πόλιν ἐν αἷς κατηγγείλαμεν τὸν λόγον τοῦ κυρίου πῶς ἔχουσιν
36
And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.

2 Corinthians 8:16

Χάρις δὲ τῷ θεῷ τῷ διδόντι τὴν αὐτὴν σπουδὴν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ Τίτου
16
But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.

1 Chronicles 29:17

וְיָדַעְתִּי אֱלֹהַי כִּי אַתָּה בֹּחֵן לֵבָב וּמֵֽישָׁרִים תִּרְצֶה אֲנִי בְּיֹשֶׁר לְבָבִי הִתְנַדַּבְתִּי כָל-אֵלֶּה וְעַתָּה עַמְּךָ הַנִּמְצְאוּ-פֹה רָאִיתִי בְשִׂמְחָה לְהִֽתְנַדֶּב-לָֽךְ׃
17
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
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