Acts 13:43:4Acts.13.43.W4TAB
συναγωγῆς
synagōgês
“synagogue”
- Transliteration
- sy-na-gō-GÊS
- Extended
- syh-nah-goh-GEHS
- IPA
- /sy.na.gɔːˈgɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- synagogue
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sy-na-gō-GÊS
- sentence
ly-THEI-sēs de tês sy-na-gō-GÊS ē-ko-LOU-thē-san pol-LOI tôn iou-dai-ŌN KAI tôn se-bo-ME-nōn pro-sē-LY-tōn tō PAU-lō KAI tō bar-na-BA HOI-ti-nes pros-la-LOUN-tes au-TOIS E-pei-thon au-TOUS pros-ME-nein têi KHA-ri-ti tou the-OU
Exegesis
The verse begins with a genitive absolute construction, lytheises tēs synagoges {λυθείσης τῆς συναγωγῆς | lythḗsēs tēs synagōgēs}, literally “the synagogue having been dismissed,” which functions as a temporal setting for the main action.
Root and etymology
synagōsigma–upsilon–nu–alpha–gamma–omega
“to gather together”
In context — Acts 13:43
And after the synagogue had been dismissed, many of the Jews and of the worshipping proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking with them, were persuading them to continue in the grace of God .
About this coordinate
Acts 13:43:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 13:43, so the Greek word συναγωγῆς (synagōgês) 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.13.43.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.43.W4.S1) and character.