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Acts 27:34

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.

KJV

διὸ παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς μεταλαβεῖν τροφῆς, τοῦτο γὰρ πρὸς τῆς ὑμετέρας σωτηρίας ὑπάρχει· οὐδενὸς γὰρ ὑμῶν θρὶξ ἀπὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς ἀπολεῖται.

Greek NT

Propter quod rogo vos accipere cibum pro salute vestra : quia nullius vestrum capillus de capite peribit.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

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.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
διό
dio
conjunction · 52×
θρίξ
thrix
noun · 15×
κεφαλή
kephale
noun · 75×
μεταλαμβάνω
metalambano
verb · 7×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
παρακαλέω
parakaleo
verb · 108×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
σωτηρία
soteria
noun · 45×
τροφή
trophe
noun · 16×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἀπόλλυμι
apollumi
verb · 90×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμέτερος
umeteros
possessive_pronoun · 11×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὑπάρχω
uparcho
verb · 60×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: μεταλαβεῖν | WH/Treg/NIV: μεταλαβεῖν | RP: προσλαβεῖν
  • μεταλαβεῖνSBLGNT
  • μεταλαβεῖνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • προσλαβεῖνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἀπὸ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀπὸ | RP: ἐκ
  • ἀπὸSBLGNT
  • ἀπὸWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐκRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἀπολεῖται | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀπολεῖται | RP: πεσεῖται
  • ἀπολεῖταιSBLGNT
  • ἀπολεῖταιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • πεσεῖταιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 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.
  • 1Kgs 18:41 — And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
  • 1Sam 14:45 — And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath
  • 1Tim 5:23 — Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
  • 2Sam 14:11 — Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth,
  • Acts 27:22 — And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.
  • Dan 3:27 — And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither wer
  • 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 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.
  • Luke 21:18 — But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
  • Mark 8:2 — I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
  • Matt 10:30 — But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
  • Matt 10:30 — But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.