Acts 13:37:8Acts.13.37.W8TAB
διαφθοράν
diaphthoran
“corruption”
- Transliteration
- di-a-phtho-RAN
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
di-a-phtho-RAN
- sentence
hon de ho the-OS Ê-gei-ren ouk EI-den di-a-phtho-RAN
Exegesis
Its direct object diaphthoran {διαφθοράν | dia-phtho-rán} “corruption” denotes bodily decay after death. The Greek word order places “whom … God raised” before the negation to stress that God’s act of raising Jesus is the reason He did not experience decay. In English, restructuring to “But He whom God raised did not see corruption” preserves the contrastive force of de and the causal implication between God’s raising and the absence of corruption.
Root and etymology
diaphtheirodelta–iota–alpha–pi–phi–theta–epsilon–iota–rho–omega
“to corrupt, spoil”
In context — Acts 13:37
But He whom God raised did not see corruption .
About this coordinate
Acts 13:37:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 13:37, so the Greek word διαφθοράν (diaphthoran) 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.13.37.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.37.W8.S1) and character.