Acts 8:32
And the contents of the Writing that he was reading was this: 'As a sheep unto slaughter he was led, and as a lamb before his shearer dumb, so he doth not open his mouth;This verse in the real world
In what words
- περιοχήperiochḗa being held around, i.e. (concretely) a passage (of Scripture, as circumscribed)
- σφαγήsphagḗbutchery (of animals for food or sacrifice, or (figuratively) of men (destruction))
- κείρωkeírōto shear
- ἀμνόςamnósa lamb
- ἄφωνοςáphōnosvoiceless, i.e. mute (by nature or choice); figuratively, unmeaning
- ἐναντίονenantíon(adverbially) in the presence (view) of
- ἀναγινώσκωanaginṓskōto know again, i.e. (by extension) to read
- πρόβατονpróbatonsomething that walks forward (a quadruped), i.e. (specially), a sheep (literally or figura
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 53:7–8, 1Pe 2:21–24, Jer 51:40, Jer 11:19, Rom 8:36, Psa 44:11–12, Psa 39:9, Psa 39:2