Acts 13:1:18Acts.13.1.W18TAB
καλούμενος
kaloumenos
“being called”
- Transliteration
- ka-LOU-me-nos
- Extended
- kah-LOO-meh-nohs
- IPA
- /kaˈluː.me.nos/
Meaning by language
- English
- being called
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ka-LOU-me-nos
- 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
Additional identifications are made through appositional elements: ho kaloumenos Niger {ὁ καλούμενος Νίγερ | ho ka-loú-me-nos Ní-ger} clarifies Simeon’s alternative name; ho Kurenaios {ὁ Κυρηναῖος | ho Ky-rē-naî-os} marks Lucius’s place of origin; and syntrophos Hērōidou tou tetrarchou {σύντροφος Ἡρῴδου τοῦ τετραάρχου | sýn-tro-phos Hē-rōi-dou toû te-tra-ár-khou} defines Manaen’s close upbringing relationship with Herod. The sequence of coordinated phrases linked by kai and te preserves the feel of a catalog, so the English translations retain a list structure with punctuation (dash or colon) to mirror the Greek discourse flow while making relationships between titles and names explicit.
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 13:1:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 13:1, so the Greek word καλούμενος (kaloumenos) 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.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.1.W18.S1) and character.