Acts 14:11:1Acts.14.11.W1TAB
οἵ
hoi
“who”
- Transliteration
- hoi
- Extended
- hoi
- IPA
- /hoi/
Meaning by language
- English
- who
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
hoi
- sentence
hoi te O-khloi i-DON-tes ho e-POI-ê-sen PAU-los e-PÊ-ran tên phô-NÊN au-TÔN ly-ka-o-nis-TI LE-gon-tes hoi the-OI ho-moi-ô-THEN-tes an-THRÔ-pois ka-TE-bê-san pros hê-MAS
Exegesis
The sentence opens with the marked subject phrase hoi te ochloi {οἵ τε ὄχλοι | hoí te óch-loi}, where the particle te links this reaction to the previous narrative while foregrounding “the crowds” as a unified responding group.
The reported speech itself begins with the nominative plural hoi theoi {Οἱ θεοὶ | HOI the-OI} “the gods” as subject, followed by the aorist participle homoiōthentes {ὁμοιωθέντες | ho-moi-o-THEN-tes} “having been made like” that is semantically linked to the dative anthropois {ἀνθρώποις | anth-RŌ-pois} “to men,” forming a participial clause that describes the manner or state in which the gods have acted.
Root and etymology
ochlosomicron–chi–lambda–omicron–sigma
“crowd, throng”
In context — Acts 14:11
And the crowds, having seen what Paul had done, lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language, saying, “The gods have come down to us, having become like men .”
About this coordinate
Acts 14:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 14:11, so the Greek word οἵ (hoi) 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.14.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.11.W1.S1) and character.