Acts 14:16:5Acts.14.16.W5TAB
γενεαῖς
geneais
“generations”
- Transliteration
- ge-ne-AIS
- Extended
- geh-neh-AIHS
- IPA
- /ge.neˈais/
Meaning by language
- English
- generations
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ge-ne-AIS
- 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 prepositional phrase en tais paroichemenais geneais {ἐν ταῖς παρῳχημέναις γενεαῖς | en taîs parōichēménais geneaîs} “in the generations having passed” functions adverbially, setting the temporal sphere in which the main action occurred and emphasizing long stretches of prior history.
Root and etymology
geneagamma–epsilon–nu–epsilon–alpha
“generation, age, family line”
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 14:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 14:16, so the Greek word γενεαῖς (geneais) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.16.W5.S1) and character.