Acts 13:12:4Acts.13.12.W4TAB
ἀνθύπατος
anthypatos
“proconsul”
- Transliteration
- an-THY-pa-tos
- Extended
- ahn-THY-pah-tohs
- IPA
- /anˈtʰy.pa.tos/
Meaning by language
- English
- proconsul
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
an-THY-pa-tos
- sentence
TO-te i-DON ho an-THY-pa-tos to ge-go-NOS e-PI-steu-sen ek-plês-SO-me-nos e-PI tê di-da-KHÊ tou KY-ree-ou
Exegesis
The aorist participle idon {ἰδὼν | i-dṓn} ‘having seen’ is nominative masculine singular and syntactically modifies ho anthypatos {ὁ ἀνθύπατος | ho an-thý-pa-tos} ‘the proconsul’, presenting his perception as the circumstance for the main action.
Root and etymology
anti + hypatosalpha–nu–tau–iota; upsilon–pi–alpha–tau–omicron–sigma
“one in place of the highest, proconsul”
In context — Acts 13:12
Then the proconsul , having seen what had happened, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord .
About this coordinate
Acts 13:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 13:12, so the Greek word ἀνθύπατος (anthypatos) 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.13.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.12.W4.S1) and character.