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Acts 27:34

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Therefore I encourage you to take some food, for this is for your preservation, for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish.”
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Wherefore I beseech you to take some food: for this is for your safety: for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any of you.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Wherefore I beseech you to take some food: for this is for your safety: for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any of you.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Wherefore I pray you to take [some] food; for this is for your health: for there shall not a hair fall from the head of any of you.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Wherefore I exhort you to partake of food, for this has to do with your safety; for not a hair from the head of any one of you shall perish.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Wherefore, I beseech you to take some food,—for, this, lays a foundation for your safety; for, of no one of you, shall a hair of the head perish.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— wherefore I call upon you to take nourishment, for this is for your safety, for of not one of you shall a hair from the head fall;'
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Wherefore, I pray you to take some meat for your health's sake: for there shall not an hair of the head of any of you perish.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Wherefore I exhort you to take meate: for this is for your safegarde: for there shall not an heare fall from the head of any of you.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Wherefore, I pray you to take some meat, for this is for your health: for there shall not an haire fall from the head of any of you.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Wherefore, I pray you to take some food for the sustenance of your life; for not a hair shall be lost from the head of any of you.
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— Wherefore I beseech you receive meat for the establishment of your lives; for a hair of the head of one of you will not perish.
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— Therefore I entreat you, to take food for the sustenance of your life; for not a hair from the head of any of you, will perish.

Strong's Numbers & Red-LettersGreek New TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Wherefore 1352
{1352} Prime
διό
dio
{dee-o'}
From G1223 and G3739; through which thing, that is, consequently.
I pray 3870
{3870} Prime
παρακαλέω
parakaleo
{par-ak-al-eh'-o}
From G3844 and G2564; to call near, that is, invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation).
z5719
<5719> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 3019
you 5209
{5209} Prime
ὑμᾶς
humas
{hoo-mas'}
Accusative of G5210; you (as the object of a verb or preposition).
to take 4355
{4355} Prime
προσλαμβάνω
proslambano
{pros-lam-ban'-o}
From G4314 and G2983; to take to oneself, that is, use (food), lead (aside), admit (to friendship or hospitality).
z5629
<5629> Grammar
Tense - Second Aorist (See G5780)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Infinitive (See G5795)
Count - 454
[some] meat: 5160
{5160} Prime
τροφή
trophe
{trof-ay'}
From G5142; nourishment (literally or figuratively); by implication rations (wages).
for 1063
{1063} Prime
γάρ
gar
{gar}
A primary particle; properly assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles).
this 5124
{5124} Prime
τοῦτο
touto
{too'-to}
Neuter, singular, nomitive or accusative of G3778; that thing.
is 5225
{5225} Prime
ὑπάρχω
huparcho
{hoop-ar'-kho}
From G5259 and G0756; to begin under (quietly), that is, come into existence (be present or at hand); expletively, to exist (as copula or subordinate to an adjective, participle, adverb or preposition, or as auxilliary to principal verb).
z5719
<5719> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 3019
for 4314
{4314} Prime
πρός
pros
{pros}
A strengthened form of G4253; a preposition of direction; forward to, that is, toward (with the genitive case the side of, that is, pertaining to; with the dative case by the side of, that is, near to; usually with the accusative case the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, that is, whither or for which it is predicated).
your 5212
{5212} Prime
ὑμέτερος
humeteros
{hoo-met'-er-os}
From G5210; yours, that is, pertaining to you.
health: 4991
{4991} Prime
σωτηρία
soteria
{so-tay-ree'-ah}
Feminine of a derivative of G4990 as (properly abstract) noun; rescue or safety (physically or morally).
for 1063
{1063} Prime
γάρ
gar
{gar}
A primary particle; properly assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles).
there shall y4098
[4098] Standard
πίπτω
pipto
{pip'-to}
The first is a reduplicated and contracted form of the second (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); probably akin to G4072 through the idea of alighting; to fall (literally of figuratively).
z0
<0000> Grammar
The original word in the Greek or Hebrew is translated by more than one word in the English. The English translation is separated by one or more other words from the original.
not y3762
[3762] Standard
οὐδείς
oudeis
{oo-dice'}
From G3761 and G1520; not even one (man, woman or thing), that is, none, nobody, nothing.
z0
<0000> Grammar
The original word in the Greek or Hebrew is translated by more than one word in the English. The English translation is separated by one or more other words from the original.
an hair 2359
{2359} Prime
θρίξ
thrix
{threeks}
Of uncertain derivation; hair.
fall 4098
{4098} Prime
πίπτω
pipto
{pip'-to}
The first is a reduplicated and contracted form of the second (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); probably akin to G4072 through the idea of alighting; to fall (literally of figuratively).
z5695
<5695> Grammar
Tense - Future (See G5776)
Voice - Middle Deponent (See G5788)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 271
from 1537
{1537} Prime
ἐκ
ek
{ek}
A primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence motion or action proceeds), from, out (of place, time or cause; literally or figuratively; direct or remote).
the x3588
(3588) Complement

ho
{ho}
The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom).
head 2776
{2776} Prime
κεφαλή
kephale
{kef-al-ay'}
Probably from the primary word κάπτω [[kapto]] (in the sense of seizing); the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively.
of any 3762
{3762} Prime
οὐδείς
oudeis
{oo-dice'}
From G3761 and G1520; not even one (man, woman or thing), that is, none, nobody, nothing.
of you. 5216
{5216} Prime
ὑμῶν
humon
{hoo-mone'}
Genitive case of G5210; of (from or concerning) you.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Acts 27:33-37.


Acts 27:34

_ _ I pray you to take some meat, for this is for your health, for there shall not a hair fall from ... any of you — On this beautiful union of confidence in the divine pledge and care for the whole ship’s health and safety see on Acts 27:31.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Acts 27:21-44.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 27:34

This is for your preservation — That ye may be the better able to swim to shore.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Acts 27:34

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

(g) This is a proverb which the Hebrews use, by which is meant that they will be safe, and that not one of them will perish.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
for this:

Matthew 15:32 Then Jesus called his disciples [unto him], and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
Mark 8:2-3 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: ... And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
1 Timothy 5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

for there:

1 Kings 1:52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
Matthew 10:30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Luke 12:7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Luke 21:18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

1K 1:52. Mt 10:30; 15:32. Mk 8:2. Lk 12:7; 21:18. Php 2:5. 1Ti 5:23.

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