Acts 13:10:16Acts.13.10.W16TAB
διαστρέφων
diastrephōn
“making crooked”
- Transliteration
- di-a-STRE-phōn
- Extended
- dih-ah-STREH-phôhn
- IPA
- /di.aˈstre.pʰɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- making crooked
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
di-a-STRE-phōn
- sentence
EI-pen Ô PLÊ-rês pan-TOS DO-lou KAI PA-sês hra-di-our-GI-as hy-E di-a-BO-lou ekh-THRE PA-sês di-kai-o-SY-nês ou PAU-sêi di-a-STRE-phōn tas ho-DOUS ky-REE-ou tas eu-THEI-as
Exegesis
This verb governs the present participle diastrephon {διαστρέφων | di-a-stré-phōn} ‘twisting, perverting’, which depicts ongoing activity.
Root and etymology
strephōsigma–tau–rho–epsilon–phi–omega
“to turn, twist”
In context — Acts 13:10
And he said, “O you full of all deceit and all villainy, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord ?”
About this coordinate
Acts 13:10:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 13:10, so the Greek word διαστρέφων (diastrephōn) 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.13.10.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.10.W16.S1) and character.