King James Version

Acts 4:17

But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

Study

Greek

Tap a word to see its meaning.

The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “threats” (ἀπειλῇ) before let us here.

ἀλλ’allButἀλλά (alla)conjunction — “But”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.Butἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ἐπὶepifurtherἐπίpreposition — “further”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.furtherπλεῖονpleionmuchπολύς (polýs)adjective, comparative, accusative, singular, neuter — “much”, the object formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.Strong’s files this form under G4119 (πλείων).διανεμηθῇdianemēthēto spreadδιανέμω (dianemō)verb, aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “to spread”, a single actionG1268I divide into portions, distribute; pass: I am spread about.εἰςeisamongεἰςpreposition — “among”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “among”.amongτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λαόνlaonpeopleλαός (laos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “people”, the object formG2992(a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.the peopleἀπειλησώμεθαapeilēsōmethathreatenἀπειλέω (apeileō)verb, aorist middle subjunctive, 1st person plural — “threaten”, a single actionG546I threaten, forbid by threatening.This verse uses “threaten”.threatenαὐτοῖςautoisthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themμηκέτιmēketihenceforthμηκέτιadverb — “henceforth”G3371no longer, no more.henceforthλαλεῖνlaleinto speakλαλέω (laleō)verb, present active infinitive — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.This verse uses “speak”.ἐπὶepiinἐπίpreposition — “in”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.inτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ὀνόματιonomatinameὄνομα (onoma)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “name”, the to- or for-formG3686name, character, fame, reputation.This verse uses “name”.nameτούτῳtoutōthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, neuter — “this”, the to- or for-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.μηδενὶmēdeninothingμηδείς (mēdeis)adjective, dative, singular, masculine — “nothing”, the to- or for-formG3367no one, none, nothing.This verse uses “nothing”.ἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōna humanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “a human”, the of-formG444a man, one of the human race.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἀπειλῇapeilēlet us straitlyἀπειλήnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “let us straitly”, the to- or for-formG547a threatening, threat.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

but that it may spread no further toward the people, let us strictly threaten them no more to speak in this name to any man.'

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

But that it spread no further among the people, let us threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

Young’s Literal Translation

but that it may spread no further toward the people, let us strictly threaten them no more to speak in this name to any man.'

World English Bible

But so that this spreads no further among the people, let’s threaten them, that from now on they don’t speak to anyone in this name.”

Darby Translation

But that it be not further spread among the people, let us threaten them severely no longer to speak to any man in this name.

Douay-Rheims

But that it may be no farther spread among the people, let us threaten them that they speak no more in this name to any man.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Analytics Cookies