Acts 1:2:6Acts.1.2.W6TAB

ἀποστόλοις

apostolois

apostles

Transliteration
a-PO-sto-lois
Extended
ah-POH-stoh-lois
IPA
/aˈpos.to.lois/

Meaning by language

English
apostles

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Result
ἀ + πο + στό + λοις
a + po + sto + lois
apostolois

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Pip — as in pet
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Sigmas — as in sit
Taut — as in top
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Lambdal — as in law
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-PO-sto-lois

  2. sentence

    A-khri HÊS hê-ME-ras en-tei-LA-me-nos tois a-PO-sto-lois di-A PNEU-ma-tos ha-GI-ou hous ek-se-LEK-sa-to a-ne-LÊM-phthê

Exegesis

The dative tois apostolois {τοῖς ἀποστόλοις | toîs apostólois} identifies the recipients of Jesus’ instructions.

In contextActs 1:2

This continued until the day He was taken up, after giving directions to the apostles through the Holy Spirit — the men He had chosen.

About this coordinate

Acts 1:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 1:2, so the Greek word ἀποστόλοις (apostolois) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.1.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.1.2.W6.S1) and character.