Acts 27:34

27:33 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.

Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.

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Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads.”

Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.

Why I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.

27:35 And when he had thus spoken he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.

What does Acts 27:34 mean?

Acts 27:34 is a verse in the book of Acts, in the New Testament. In the original Greek, key words include διό (dio), παρακαλέω (parakaleo), σύ (humas).

Greek interlinear

Whereforeδιόdio/dee-o'/G1352from 1223 and 3739; through which thing, i.e. consequently:--for which cause, therefore, wherefore.

prayπαρακαλέωparakaleo/par-ak-al-eh'-o/G3870from 3844 and 2564; to call near, i.e. invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation):--beseech, call for, (be of good) comfort, desire, (give) exhort(-ation), intreat, pray.

youσύhumas/hoo-mas'/G5209accusative case of 5210; you (as the objective of a verb or preposition):--ye, you (+ -ward), your (+ own).

takeπροσλαμβάνωproslambano/pros-lam-ban'-o/G4355from 4314 and 2983; to take to oneself, i.e. use (food), lead (aside), admit (to friendship or hospitality):--receive, take (unto).

some

meat:τροφήtrophe/trof-ay'/G5160from 5142; nourishment (literally or figuratively); by implication, rations (wages):--food, meat.

forγάρgar/gar/G1063a primary particle; properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles):--and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.

thisοὗτοςtouto/too'-to/G5124neuter singular nominative or accusative case of 3778; that thing:--here (-unto), it, partly, self(-same), so, that (intent), the same, there(-fore, -unto), this, thus, where(-fore).

isὑπάρχωhuparcho/hoop-ar'-kho/G5225from 5259 and 756; to begin under (quietly), i.e. come into existence (be present or at hand); expletively, to exist (as copula or subordinate to an adjective, participle, adverb or preposition, or as an auxiliary to a principal (verb):--after, behave, live.

forπρόςpros/pros/G4314a strengthened form of 4253; 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):--about, according to , against, among, at, because of, before, between, (where-)by, for, X at thy house, in, for intent, nigh unto, of, which pertain to, that, to (the end that), X together, to (you) -ward, unto, with(-in). In the comparative case, it denotes essentially the same applications, namely, motion towards, accession to, or nearness at.

yourὑμέτεροςhumeteros/hoo-met'-er-os/G5212from 5210; yours, i.e. pertaining to you:--your (own).

health:σωτηρίαsoteria/so-tay-ree'-ah/G4991feminine of a derivative of 4990 as (properly, abstract) noun; rescue or safety (physically or morally):--deliver, health, salvation, save, saving.

there

shallπίπτωpipto/pip'-to/G4098peto pet'-o; (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); probably akin to 4072 through the idea of alighting; to fall (literally or figuratively):--fail, fall (down), light on.

notοὐδείς οὐθείςoudeisG3762oudemia oo-dem-ee'-ah, and neuter ouden oo-den' from 3761 and 1520; not even one (man, woman or thing), i.e. none, nobody, nothing:--any (man), aught, man, neither any (thing), never (man), no (man), none (+ of these things), not (any, at all, -thing), nought.

hairθρίξthrix/threeks/G2359genitive case trichos, etc.; of uncertain derivation; hair:--hair. Compare 2864.

fallπίπτωpipto/pip'-to/G4098peto pet'-o; (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); probably akin to 4072 through the idea of alighting; to fall (literally or figuratively):--fail, fall (down), light on.

fromἐκekG1537or ex ex a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote):--after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.

the

headκεφαλήkephale/kef-al-ay'/G2776from the primary kapto (in the sense of seizing); the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively:--head.

anyοὐδείς οὐθείςoudeisG3762oudemia oo-dem-ee'-ah, and neuter ouden oo-den' from 3761 and 1520; not even one (man, woman or thing), i.e. none, nobody, nothing:--any (man), aught, man, neither any (thing), never (man), no (man), none (+ of these things), not (any, at all, -thing), nought.

you.σύhumon/hoo-mone'/G5216genitive case of 5210; of (from or concerning) you:--ye, you, your (own, -selves).

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What does Acts 27:34 say?

Acts 27:34 (King James Version) reads: "Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you."

Is Acts 27:34 in the Old or New Testament?

Acts 27:34 is in the New Testament of the Bible, in the book of Acts.

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