Acts 13:1:7Acts.13.1.W7TAB
οὖσαν
ousan
“being”
- Transliteration
- OU-san
- Extended
- OO-sahn
- IPA
- /ˈuː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- being
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
OU-san
- 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 prepositional phrase en Antiocheia {ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ | en An-ti-o-khéi-a} establishes the geographical setting, while the following expression kata tēn ousan ekklēsian {κατὰ τὴν οὖσαν ἐκκλησίαν | ka-tà tēn oû-san ek-klē-sí-an} functions appositionally, specifying that the focus is the church that existed there. The use of kata with the participle ousan gives the nuance “in connection with the church that was there,” which is rendered as “in the church that was there” in English for clarity.
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 13:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 13:1, so the Greek word οὖσαν (ousan) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.1.W7.S1) and character.