Acts 14:1:24Acts.14.1.W24TAB
πολὺ
poly
“many”
- Transliteration
- po-LY
- Extended
- poh-LY
- IPA
- /poˈly/
Meaning by language
- English
- many
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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po-LY
- sentence
e-GE-ne-to de en i-ko-NI-ō ka-TA to au-TO ei-sel-THEIN au-TOUS eis tēn sy-na-gō-GĒN tōn i-ou-da-I-ōn kai la-LÊ-sai HOU-tōs HŌ-ste pi-STEÛ-sai i-ou-da-I-ōn te kai hel-LĒ-nōn po-LY PLÊ-thos
Exegesis
The genitive nouns Ioudaiōn te kai Hellēnōn {Ἰουδαίων τε καὶ Ἑλλήνων | Ioudaíōn te kaí Hellḗnōn}, linked by the enclitic particle te, identify the mixed audience, while polu plēthos {πολὺ πλῆθος | polý plḗthos} emphasizes the size of the response. In English, the infinitival sequence is rendered as finite clauses for clarity, and the result clause is conveyed with “so that” or “so effectively that” to preserve its causal force.
In context — Acts 14:1
In Iconium they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews , and they spoke in such a way that a great multitude of both Jews and Greeks came to believe .
About this coordinate
Acts 14:1:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Acts 14:1, so the Greek word πολὺ (poly) 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.14.1.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.1.W24.S1) and character.