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Acts 13:8

But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.

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ASV

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.

KJV

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἀνθίστατοanthistatoWas opposingG436 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
αὐτοῖςautoisto themG846 →
ἘλύμαςElumasElymasG1681 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
μάγος,magosmagician —G3097 →
οὕτωςhoutōsthusG3779 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
μεθερμηνεύεταιmethermēneuetaimeansG3177 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
ὄνομαonomanameG3686 →
αὐτοῦ,autouof him —G846 →
ζητῶνzētōnseekingG2212 →
διαστρέψαιdiastrepsaito turn awayG1294 →
τὸνtontheG3588 →
ἀνθύπατονanthupatonproconsulG446 →
ἀπὸapofromG575 →
τῆςtēstheG3588 →
πίστεως.pisteōsfaith.G4102 →

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2 Timothy 3:8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.Acts 19:19And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.Acts 13:6–7They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,2 Timothy 4:14–15Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.Acts 9:36In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.Acts 13:12When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.Jeremiah 23:27They suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.Acts 13:7an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.Jeremiah 28:1In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people:Jeremiah 28:10–11Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.Jeremiah 29:24–32You are to tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite that1 Kings 22:24Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”Acts 6:7So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.Acts 8:9Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,John 1:41He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).Exodus 7:11–13But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.Deuteronomy 13:5Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.

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