Acts 13:28:3Acts.13.28.W3TAB
αἰτίαν
aitian
“cause”
- Transliteration
- ai-TI-an
- Extended
- ai-TI-ahn
- IPA
- /aiˈti.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- cause
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ai-TI-an
- sentence
KAI mê-de-MI-an ai-TI-an tha-NA-tou heu-RON-tes êi-TÊ-san-to pi-LA-ton a-nai-re-THÊ-nai au-TON
Exegesis
The phrase mēdemian aitian {μηδεμίαν αἰτίαν | mēdemían aitían} places the emphatic negative adjective before the noun, stressing that there was “not even one” valid charge.
Root and etymology
aitiaalpha–iota–tau–iota–alpha
“cause, responsibility, legal charge”
In context — Acts 13:28
And though they found no cause of death in Him , they requested Pilate that He be put to death.
About this coordinate
Acts 13:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 13:28, so the Greek word αἰτίαν (aitian) 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.13.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.28.W3.S1) and character.