Acts 13:50:12Acts.13.50.W12TAB
πρώτους
prôtous
“leading”
- Transliteration
- PRÔ-tous
- Extended
- PRŌH-toos
- IPA
- /ˈprɔː.tuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- leading
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
PRÔ-tous
- sentence
hoi de iou-DAI-oi pa-RO-trü-nan tas se-bo-ME-nas gy-NAI-kas tas eu-SKHÊ-mo-nas kai tous PRÔ-tous tês PO-le-os kai e-PÊ-gei-ran di-ôg-MON e-PI ton PAU-lon kai bar-na-BAN kai ek-SE-ba-lon au-TOUS a-PO tôn ho-RI-ōn au-TÔN
Exegesis
The coordination continues with kai tous protous tes poleos {καὶ τοὺς πρώτους τῆς πόλεως | kaí toùs prṓ-tous tês pó-le-ōs}, “and the leading men of the city,” where the genitive tes poleos specifies the civic sphere of influence.
In context — Acts 13:50
But the Jews incited the devout women who were noble and the leading men of the city, and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their district.
About this coordinate
Acts 13:50:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 13:50, so the Greek word πρώτους (prôtous) 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.13.50.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.50.W12.S1) and character.