Acts 13:41:3Acts.13.41.W3TAB
καταφρονηταί
kataphronêtai
“despisers”
- Transliteration
- ka-ta-phro-nê-TAI
- Extended
- kah-tah-phroh-nê-TAI
- IPA
- /ka.ta.pʰro.nɛːˈtai/
Meaning by language
- English
- despisers
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ka-ta-phro-nê-TAI
- sentence
I-de-te hoi ka-ta-phro-nê-TAI KAI thau-MA-sa-te KAI a-pha-NIS-thê-te HO-ti ER-gon er-GA-zo-mai e-GÔ en TAIS hê-ME-rais hy-MÔN ER-gon ho ou MÊ pi-STEÛ-sê-te e-AN tis ek-di-ê-GÊ-tai hy-MIN
Exegesis
The verse opens with a chain of aorist imperatives, idete {Ἴδετε | Í-de-te} ‘look’, thaumasate {θαυμάσατε | thau-MÁ-sa-te} ‘be amazed’, and aphanisthēte {ἀφανίσθητε | a-pha-NÍS-thē-te} ‘perish, disappear’, creating an urgent summons directed to the audience labeled by the nominative plural kataphronetai {καταφρονηταί | ka-ta-phro-nē-TAI} ‘despisers’. The vocative sense is carried by the nominative substantive with direct address.
Root and etymology
kataphroneokappa–alpha–tau–alpha–phi–rho–omicron–nu–epsilon–omega
“to look down on, despise”
In context — Acts 13:41
Look, you despisers , and be astonished and perish , because I am doing a work in your days, a work which you will by no means believe, even if someone fully tells it to you.
About this coordinate
Acts 13:41:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 13:41, so the Greek word καταφρονηταί (kataphronêtai) 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.13.41.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.41.W3.S1) and character.