What Does Acts 16:32 Mean in the King James?
And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The message is spoken first to one person, but the verse immediately opens its reach to everyone who shares his house.
THE MEANING
When the word reaches you, it is not fenced inside the one person first addressed; it enters the common life of the house. Every person there stands within the reach of the speaking.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The word is meant only for the individual who first hears it.
THE ROOT
λόγον
logon
GROWS FROM
λογ-
log-
word, speech, saying, or account
English “word” can sound like a fixed message, but λόγος (logos) also carries the sense of speech and saying. Here, the word reaches the whole house as something spoken and shared, not kept with the first person addressed.
ALSO GROWS
logos: word, speech, or account
λόγος
This is the dictionary form of the word used in the verse; its range joins what is said with the meaning carried by the saying.
logion: utterance or oracle
λόγιον
This related form shows the same word-family carrying a spoken message with meaning for its hearers.
ἐλάλησαν
elalēsan
GROWS FROM
λαλε-
lale-
to speak, utter, or talk
“spake” in this verse is elalēsan. The verse does not only place a message in the house; it names the act of speaking it. Alongside λόγος (logos), this holds together the content and the voice that carries it to everyone there.
ALSO GROWS
laleō: to speak or utter
λαλέω
This is the verb behind “spake,” making the word’s movement through the house an audible act.
lalia: speech or language
λαλιά
This related noun names speech itself, echoing the verse’s focus on a message carried aloud.
οἰκίᾳ
oikia
GROWS FROM
οἰκ-
oik-
house, dwelling, or household
“house” in this verse is oikia. The word can name both a dwelling and the household gathered within it. The verse’s reach is therefore relational: it extends to all who belong to that shared space.
ALSO GROWS
oikos: house or household
οἶκος
This closely related word makes clear that the house can mean the people and shared life within the dwelling.
oikeios: belonging to a household or family
οἰκεῖος
This branch describes those who belong within a household, fitting the verse’s wide address to everyone there.
THE PATTERN
The spoken word enters shared spaces and reaches a group, so hearing is not confined to the first person addressed.
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.THE THREAD
While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.Both verses use λόγος (logos, “word”) for what is heard. Here, the word reaches everyone in a house; there, everyone hearing it is within its reach.
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