Acts 13:1:16Acts.13.1.W16TAB
Συμεὼν
symeôn
“Simeon”
- Transliteration
- Sy-me-ÔN
- Extended
- syoo-meh-ÔÔN
- IPA
- /sy.meˈɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Simeon
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
Sy-me-ÔN
- sentence
Ê-san de en an-ti-o-KHEI-a ka-TA tên OU-san ek-klê-SI-an pro-PHÊ-tai kai di-DAS-ka-loi HO te bar-na-BAS kai Sy-me-ÔN ho ka-LOU-me-nos NI-ger kai LOU-ki-os ho Ky-rê-NAI-os ma-na-ÊN te hê-RÔ-i-dou tou te-tra-AR-khou SYN-tro-phos kai SAU-los
Exegesis
The correlative structure ho te Barnabas kai Symeōn {ὅ τε Βαρναβᾶς καὶ Συμεὼν | ho te Bar-na-bâs kaí Sy-me-ōn} uses ho … te … kai to signal “both Barnabas and Simeon” as a unit within the list.
In context — Acts 13:1
Now there were in Antioch , in the church that was there, prophets and teachers—Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen, companion of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
About this coordinate
Acts 13:1:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 13:1, so the Greek word Συμεὼν (symeôn) 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.13.1.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.1.W16.S1) and character.