Acts 13:31:21Acts.13.31.W21TAB
λαόν
laon
“people”
- Transliteration
- la-ON
- Extended
- lah-OHN
- IPA
- /laˈon/
Meaning by language
- English
- people
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
la-ON
- sentence
hos ŌPH-thê e-PI hê-ME-ras PLEI-ous tois sy-na-na-BA-sin au-TÔ a-PO tês ga-li-la-I-as eis ie-rou-sa-LÊM HOI-ti-nes NYN ei-SI MAR-ty-res au-TOU pros ton la-ON
Exegesis
The second relative clause introduced by hoitines {οἵτινες | hoítines} has a qualitative nuance, “these who in fact,” and hoitines nyn eisi martyres autou pros ton laon {οἵτινες νῦν εἰσὶ μάρτυρες αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸν λαόν | hoítines nŷn eisí mártyres autoû pròs tòn laón} asserts their present identity: they “now are His witnesses toward the people.”
The preposition pros {πρὸς | pròs} with ton laon {τὸν λαόν | tòn laón} indicates direction “toward the people,” presenting the witnesses as oriented outward in testimony. In English, the relative clauses are preserved but slightly reshaped for clarity into a single flowing sentence that maintains the focus on the continuity between seeing the risen Jesus and bearing witness to Him.
In context — Acts 13:31
He was seen for many days by those who went up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who now are His witnesses to the people .
About this coordinate
Acts 13:31:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Acts 13:31, so the Greek word λαόν (laon) 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.13.31.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.31.W21.S1) and character.