Acts 9:8

ἠγέρθη δὲ ὁ Σαῦλος ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἀνεῳγμένων δὲ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ οὐδένα ἔβλεπεν· χειραγωγοῦντες δὲ αὐτὸν εἰσήγαγον εἰς Δαμασκόν
And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led by the hand, him and brought him into Damascus.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ἠγέρθη
G1453 V-API-3S
egeirō
to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e., rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence)
  • to arouse, cause to rise
    • to arouse from sleep, to awake
      • "to arouse from the sleep of death, to recall the dead to life"to cause to rise from a seat or bed etc."to raise up, produce, cause to appear
      • to cause to appear, bring before the public
        • "to raise up, stir up, against one"to raise up i.e., cause to be born"of buildings, to raise up, construct, erect
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
ὁ
G3588
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
Σαῦλος
G4569 N-NSM-P
saulos
desired
Saulus (i.e., Shaul), the Jewish name of Paul
  • the Jewish name of the apostle Paul
ἀπὸ
G575 PREP
apo
___%___off,___%___ i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
  • of separation
    • of local separation, after verbs of motion from a place i.e., of departing, of fleeing
      • "of separation of a part from the whole
      • where of a whole some part is taken
      of any kind of separation of one thing from another by which the union or fellowship of the two is destroyed"of a state of separation, that is of distance
      • physical, of distance of place
        • "temporal, of distance of time
    of origin
    • of the place whence anything is, comes, befalls, is taken
      • "of origin of a cause
τῆς
G3588 T-GSF
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
γῆς
G1093 N-GSF
gē
soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)
  • arable land
    • "the ground, the earth as a standing place"the main land as opposed to the sea or water"the earth as a whole
    • the earth as opposed to the heavens
      • "the inhabited earth, the abode of men and animals
    a country, land enclosed within fixed boundaries, a tract of land, territory, region
ἀνεῳγμένων
G455 V-RPP-GPM
anoigō
to open up (literally or figuratively, in various applications)
  • to open
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
τῶν
G3588 T-GPM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ὀφθαλμῶν
G3788 N-GPM
ophthalmos
the eye (literally or figuratively); by implication, vision; figuratively, envy (from the jealous side-glance)
  • the eye
    • "metaphorically the eyes of the mind, the faculty of knowing
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
οὐδένα
G3762
oudeis
not even one (man, woman or thing), i.e., none, nobody, nothing
  • no one, nothing
ἔβλεπεν·
G991 V-IAI-3S
blepō
to look at (literally or figuratively)
  • to see, discern, of the bodily eye
    • with the bodily eye: to be possessed of sight, have the power of seeing
      • "perceive by the use of the eyes: to see, look descry"to turn the eyes to anything: to look at, look upon, gaze at"to perceive by the senses, to feel"to discover by use, to know by experience
    metaphorically to see with the mind's eye
    • to have (the power of) understanding
      • "to discern mentally, observe, perceive, discover, understand"to turn the thoughts or direct the mind to a thing, to consider, contemplate, to look at, to weigh carefully, examine
    in a geographical sense of places, mountains, buildings, etc. turning towards any quarter, as it were, facing it
χειραγωγοῦντες
G5496 V-PAP-NPM
cheiragōgeō
to be a hand-leader, i.e., to guide (a blind person)
  • to lead by the hand
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
αὐτὸν
G846 P-ASM
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
εἰσήγαγον
G1521 V-2AAI-3P
eisagō
to introduce (literally or figuratively)
  • to lead in
    • "to bring in, the place into which not being expressly stated
εἰς
G1519 PREP
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
Δαμασκόν
G1154 N-ASF-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

ἠγέρθη δὲ ὁ Σαῦλος ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἀνεῳγμένων δὲ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ οὐδένα ἔβλεπεν· χειραγωγοῦντες δὲ αὐτὸν εἰσήγαγον εἰς Δαμασκόν
8
And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led by the hand, him and brought him into Damascus.
Cross References

Acts 22:11

ὡς δὲ οὐκ ἐνέβλεπον ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης τοῦ φωτὸς ἐκείνου χειραγωγούμενος ὑπὸ τῶν συνόντων μοι ἦλθον εἰς Δαμασκόν
11
And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.

Acts 9:18

καὶ εὐθέως ἀπέπεσον ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ λεπίδες ἀνέβλεψέν τε παραχρῆμα καὶ ἀναστὰς ἐβαπτίσθη
18
And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.

2 Kings 6:17

וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל אֱלִישָׁע וַיֹּאמַר יְהוָה פְּקַח-נָא אֶת-עֵינָיו וְיִרְאֶה וַיִּפְקַח יְהוָה אֶת-עֵינֵי הַנַּעַר וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה הָהָר מָלֵא סוּסִים וְרֶכֶב אֵשׁ סְבִיבֹת אֱלִישָֽׁע׃
17
And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

Acts 13:11

καὶ νῦν ἰδού χεὶρ τοῦ κυρίου ἐπὶ σέ καὶ ἔσῃ τυφλὸς μὴ βλέπων τὸν ἥλιον ἄχρι καιροῦ παραχρῆμά δὲ ἐπέπεσεν ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἀχλὺς καὶ σκότος καὶ περιάγων ἐζήτει χειραγωγούς
11
And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

Genesis 19:11

וְֽאֶת-הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר-פֶּתַח הַבַּיִת הִכּוּ בַּסַּנְוֵרִים מִקָּטֹן וְעַד-גָּדוֹל וַיִּלְאוּ לִמְצֹא הַפָּֽתַח׃
11
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

Exodus 4:11

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלָיו מִי שָׂם פֶּה לָֽאָדָם אוֹ מִֽי-יָשׂוּם אִלֵּם אוֹ חֵרֵשׁ אוֹ פִקֵּחַ אוֹ עִוֵּר הֲלֹא אָֽנֹכִי יְהוָֽה׃
11
And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
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