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Acts 16:16
¶ It happened
1096
that as we were going
4198
to
A
the place
4335
of prayer
4335
, a slave-girl
3814
having
2192
B
a spirit
4151
of divination
4436
met
5221
us, who
3748
was bringing
3930
her masters
2962
much
4183
profit
2039
by fortune-telling
3132
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AMPLIFIED
2015
Acts 16:16
¶ It happened that as we were on our way to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave-girl who had
1
a spirit of divination [that is, a demonic spirit claiming to foretell the future and discover hidden knowledge], and she brought her owners a good profit by fortune-telling.
Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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1
Lit
a python spirit
. In Greek mythology, Python the earth-dragon (serpent goddess), was associated with the oracle at Delphi.
NASB Cross References:
Related verses.
A
Acts 16:13
And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were supposing that there would be a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled.
B
Lev 19:31
¶ 'Do not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the L
ORD
your God.
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Heb.
1096
ginomai
; from a prim. root
gen-
;
to come into being, to happen, to become:--
accomplished(1), appeared(3), arise(1), arises(2), arose(6), arrived(3), became(53), become(83), becomes(8), becoming(2), been(12), been brought(1), been done(1), been made(2), been...came(1), began(1), behaved(1), being(2), come into being(1), being carried(1), being done(2), being made(2), born(5), breaking*(1), came(45), came into being(2), came to pass(2), come(16), comes(1), comes to pass(1), coming(1), dawn(1), decided*(1), developing(1), done(20), drawing(1), during(1), elapsed(1), existed*(1), falling(1), feeling(1), fell(6), finished(1), followed(1), formed(3), found(2), get(4), give(1), got(1), granted(1), grown*(1), had(1), happen(6), happened(46), happening(5), happens(3), has(3), join*(1), joined(3), made(15), occur(3), occurred(18), performed(4), prove(7), proved(6), proving(1), put(1), reached(2), realized(1), results(2), show(1), spent(1), split(1), spoken(1), starting(1), take place(16), taken(2), taken place(5), takes place(1), taking place(3), there arose(1), thundered*(1), took place(7), turned(1), turns(3), would(1).
2039
ergasia
; from
2041; work
(noun):--business(2), effort(1), practice(1), profit(2).
2192
echô
; a prim. vb.;
to have, hold:--
ability(1), able(1), accompany(1), acknowledge*(1), am(2), become(1), been(3), being(1), being under(1), bringing(1), conceived*(1), consider(2), considered(2), could(2), derive(1), deriving(1), devoid*(1), enjoyed(1), experiencing(1), felt(1), following(1), get(2), gripped(1), had(80), has(134), have(283), have had(2), having(50), held(1), hold(5), holding(7), holds(2), ill*(5), incurring(1), involves(1), keep(3), keeping(3), kept(1), maintain(1), maintained(1), maintaining(1), meets(1), nearby(1), next(2), obliged*(1), obtain(2), obtained(1), owned(3), possess(2), possessed(4), possesses(1), receive(1), received(1), recover*(1), regard(2), regarded(1), reigns*(1), remember*(1), retain(1), seize(1), show(1), think*(1), unable*(1), under(1), under*(1), use(1), without*(3).
2962
kurios
; from
kuros
(authority); lord, master:--
lord(10), Lord(626), Lord of lords(2), Lord's(12), lords(1), master(38), master's(3), masters(8), masters'(1), owner(6), owners(1), sir(11), sirs(1).
3132
manteuomai
; from
mantis
(a seer); to divine:--
fortune-telling(1).
3748
hostis,
hêtis,
ho ti
; from
3739
and
5100; whoever, anyone who:--
after(1), because(1), everyone who(1), one who(1), ones who(1), these(2), these...matters which(1), this(3), what(1), whatever things(1), which(29), who(61), whoever(9), whoever*(3), yet(1).
3814
paidiskê
; dim. of
3816; a young girl, maidservant:--
bondwoman(5), servant-girl(4), servant-girls(1), slave-girl(2), slaves*(1), women(1).
3930
parechô
; from
3844
and
2192; to furnish, to present:--
became(1), bother*(3), bothers*(1), bringing(2), cause(1), furnished(1), give rise(1), grant(2), offer(1), show(1), showed(1), supplies(1).
4151
pneuma
; from
4154; wind, spirit:--
breath(3), Spirit(241), spirit(101), spirits(32), spiritual(1), wind(1), winds(1).
4183
polus
; a prim. word;
much, many:--
all(3), better(1), deep(1), earnestly(3), enough(1), even more(1), few*(1), freely(1), full(1), further(1), further*(3), great(33), greater(4), greater numbers(1), greatly(5), hard(2), harshly(1), heartily(1), high price(1), large(30), large numbers(1), large sums(1), larger(1), late*(2), lengthy(1), long(5), longer(1), loudly(1), majority(3), many(181), many more(1), many people(1), many subjects(1), many things(17), many...things(4), more(25), more numerous(1), most(8), most people's(1), much(50), often(1), plentiful(2), quite(2), several(1), some(1), something greater(2), strict(1), terrible(1), very(1), very large(1), very long(1), very much(1).
4198
poreuomai
; from
poros
(a ford, passage); to go:--
accompany*(1), am on my way(1), depart(1), departed(1), departure(1), following(3), go(69), go on their way(1), go away(1), goes(7), going(15), going away(2), gone(3), indulge(1), journey(1), journeying(2), leave(1), proceed(1), proceeded(2), pursued a course(1), sets(1), started(3), traveling(3), walking(1), way(6), went(22), went His way(1), went on their way(1), went their way(1).
4335
proseuchê
; from
4336; prayer:--
earnestly(1), place of prayer(2), prayer(20), prayers(14).
4436
puthôn
; from
Puthô
(Pytho,
an area of Greece);
Python,
a mythical serpent slain by Apollo,
divination:--
divination(1).
5221
hupantaô
; from
5259
and
antaô
(to meet face to face, meet with); to go to meet, to meet:--
encounter(1), met(7), went and met(1), went to meet(1).
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