Acts 15:20
but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood.This verse in the real world
In what words
- ἀλίσγεμαalísgema(ceremonially) defilement
- ἐπιστέλλωepistéllōto enjoin (by writing), i.e. (genitive case) to communicate by letter (for any purpose)
- πνικτόςpniktósthrottled, i.e. (neuter concretely) an animal choked to death (not bled)
- ἀπέχομαιapéchomaito hold oneself off, i.e. refrain
- εἴδωλονeídōlonan image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god, or (plural) the worship of suc
- πορνείαporneíaharlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry
- ἀπόapó"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; li
- ἀλλάalláproperly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.