Acts 12:2
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©GreekStrong'sOrigin
And he had JamesἸάκωβον
(iakōbon)
2385: James, the name of several Isr.from the same as Iakób
the brotherἀδελφὸν
(adelphon)
80: a brotherfrom alpha (as a cop. prefix) and delphus (womb)
of JohnἸωάννου
(iōannou)
2491: John, the name of several Isr.of Hebrew origin Yochanan
put to deathἀνεῖλεν
(aneilen)
337: to take up, take away, make an endfrom ana and haireó
with a sword.μαχαίρῃ
(machairē)
3162: a short sword or daggerperhaps from machomai


















KJV Lexicon
ανειλεν  verb - second aorist active indicative - third person singular
anaireo  an-ahee-reh'-o:  to take up, i.e. adopt; by implication, to take away (violently), i.e. abolish, murder -- put to death, kill, slay, take away, take up.
δε  conjunction
de  deh:  but, and, etc. -- also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
ιακωβον  noun - accusative singular masculine
Iakobos  ee-ak'-o-bos:  Jacobus, the name of three Israelites -- James.
τον  definite article - accusative singular masculine
ho  ho:  the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) -- the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
αδελφον  noun - accusative singular masculine
adephos  ad-el-fos':  a brother near or remote -- brother.
ιωαννου  noun - genitive singular masculine
Ioannes  ee-o-an'-nace:  Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelites -- John.
μαχαιρα  noun - dative singular feminine
machaira  makh'-ahee-rah:  a knife, i.e. dirk; figuratively, war, judicial punishment -- sword.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword.

King James Bible
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and he killed James, John's brother, with the sword.

International Standard Version
He even had James, the brother of John, killed with a sword.

NET Bible
He had James, the brother of John, executed with a sword.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he murdered Yaqob the brother of Yohannan with the sword.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He had James, the brother of John, executed.

King James 2000 Bible
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
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