Acts 13:6:12Acts.13.6.W12TAB
ψευδοπροφήτην
pseudoprophêtên
“a false prophet”
- Transliteration
- pseu-do-pro-PHÊ-tên
- Extended
- pseh-oo-doh-pro-PHÊ-tên
- IPA
- /pseu.do.proˈpʰɛː.tɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- a false prophet
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pseu-do-pro-PHÊ-tên
- sentence
di-el-THON-tes de HO-lên tên NÊ-son A-khri PA-phou HEU-ron AN-dra ti-NA MA-gon pseu-do-pro-PHÊ-tên iou-da-I-on hôi O-no-ma ba-ri-ê-SOU
Exegesis
What they found is elaborated in a series of accusative expressions in apposition: andra tina magon pseudopropheten Ioudaion {ἄνδρα τινὰ μάγον ψευδοπροφήτην Ἰουδαῖον | án-dra ti-ná má-gon pseu-do-pro-phē-tēn I-ou-daî-on}, forming a compact character sketch: first a generic ‘man’, then specified as ‘a certain’ one, and further defined as ‘magician’, ‘false prophet’, and ‘Jewish’.
Root and etymology
pseudoprophētēs (compound)psi–epsilon–upsilon–delta–omicron–pi–rho–omicron–phi–eta–tau–eta–sigma
“false prophet, counterfeit spokesman”
In context — Acts 13:6
But after passing through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man, a magician , a Jewish false prophet, to whom the name was Bar-Jesus .
About this coordinate
Acts 13:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 13:6, so the Greek word ψευδοπροφήτην (pseudoprophêtên) 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.13.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.6.W12.S1) and character.