Acts 13:36:20Acts.13.36.W20TAB
διαφθοράν
diaphthorán
“corruption”
- Transliteration
- di-a-phtho-RÁN
- Extended
- dee-ahpʰ-thoh-RAHN
- IPA
- /di.a.pʰtʰoˈran/
Meaning by language
- English
- corruption
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
di-a-phtho-RÁN
- sentence
da-UID men gar i-DI-a ge-ne-AI hy-pê-re-TÊ-sas têi tou the-OU bou-LÊi e-koi-MÊ-thê kai pro-se-TÊ-thê pros tous pa-TÉ-ras au-TOU kai EI-den di-a-phtho-RÁN
Exegesis
The narrative continues with three coordinated aorist indicatives—prosetéthē {προσετέθη | prosetéthē} ‘was added’, eîden {εἶδεν | eîden} ‘he saw’, and diaphthorán {διαφθοράν | diaphthorán} ‘decay’—describing death, burial with the fathers (pròs toús patéras autoû {πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας αὐτοῦ | pròs toús patéras autoû} ‘to his fathers’), and resulting bodily corruption. English renders the participle as a temporal clause and coordinates the aorist verbs to reflect sequence, implicitly contrasting with Christ’s incorruption later.
Root and etymology
phtheirophi–theta–epsilon–iota–rho–omega
“to spoil, corrupt, destroy”
In context — Acts 13:36
For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, he fell asleep and was added to his fathers and saw corruption .
About this coordinate
Acts 13:36:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Acts 13:36, so the Greek word διαφθοράν (diaphthorán) 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.13.36.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.36.W20.S1) and character.