Acts 14:16:12Acts.14.16.W12TAB
ὁδοῖς
hodois
“ways”
- Transliteration
- ho-DOIS
- Extended
- hoh-DOIHS
- IPA
- /hoˈdois/
Meaning by language
- English
- ways
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ho-DOIS
- sentence
hos en tais pa-rō-khay-ME-nais ge-ne-AIS EI-a-sen PAN-ta ta E-thnê po-REU-es-thai tais ho-DOIS au-TÔN
Exegesis
The dative phrase tais hodois auton {ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν | taîs hodoîs autôn} “their ways” specifies the sphere or manner of that walking, conveying the idea of self-directed conduct and autonomous paths. In the formal rendering, the temporal phrase is kept close to the Greek order and eiasen is translated “allowed” to retain the sense of deliberate permission. In the dynamic rendering, “earlier generations” and “let all the nations go their own ways” capture the same permissive nuance in idiomatic contemporary English while preserving the clause relationships and emphasis on God’s forbearance.
In context — Acts 14:16
In the generations that have passed, He allowed all the nations to walk in their ways.
About this coordinate
Acts 14:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 14:16, so the Greek word ὁδοῖς (hodois) 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.14.16.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.16.W12.S1) and character.