Acts 13:24:4Acts.13.24.W4TAB

προσώπου

prosôpou

presence

Transliteration
pro-SÔ-pou
Extended
proh-SOH-poo
IPA
/proˈsɔː.pu/

Meaning by language

English
presence

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Result
προ + σώ + που
pro + sô + pou
prosôpou

Alphabet Analysis

Pip — as in pet
Rhor — rolled r
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Sigmas — as in sit
Omegao — same as omicron
Pip — as in pet
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    pro-SÔ-pou

  2. sentence

    pro-kê-RYKS-an-tos i-ô-AN-nou pro pro-SÔ-pou tês ei-SO-dou au-TOU BAP-tis-ma me-ta-NOI-as pan-TI tôi la-ÔI is-ra-ÊL

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase pro prosōpou tēs eisodou autou {πρὸ προσώπου τῆς εἰσόδου αὐτοῦ | prò prosṓpou tês eisódou autoû} ‘before the face/ presence of His coming’ further specifies that John’s proclamation occurred in advance of His (Jesus’) arrival, with tēs eisodou autou functioning as a genitive construction defining the “presence” as the anticipated coming.

In contextActs 13:24

Before His coming, John had proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

About this coordinate

Acts 13:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 13:24, so the Greek word προσώπου (prosôpou) 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.13.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.24.W4.S1) and character.