Acts 13:1:9Acts.13.1.W9TAB
προφῆται
prophêtai
“prophets”
- Transliteration
- pro-PHÊ-tai
- Extended
- proh-phêê-tai
- IPA
- /proˈpʰɛː.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- prophets
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pro-PHÊ-tai
- 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 plural subjects prophētai kai didaskaloi {προφῆται καὶ διδάσκαλοι | pro-phê-tai kaí di-dás-ka-loi} introduce two groups of recognized leaders, with coordination by kai indicating a combined leadership team rather than separate assemblies.
Root and etymology
Rootpi–rho–omicron–phi–eta–mu–iota
“to speak forth, prophesy”
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 13:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 13:1, so the Greek word προφῆται (prophêtai) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.1.W9.S1) and character.