Acts 14:18:11Acts.14.18.W11TAB
αὐτοῖς
autois
“to them”
- Transliteration
- au-TOIS
- Extended
- au-TOIS
- IPA
- /au̯ˈtois/
Meaning by language
- English
- to them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| 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
au-TOIS
- sentence
KAI TAU-ta LE-gon-tes MO-lis ka-TE-pau-san tous O-khlous tou MÊ THY-ein au-TOIS
Exegesis
The dative autois {αὐτοῖς | au-toîs} marks the intended recipients of the sacrifices, bringing out the irony that the apostles had to work hard to stop worshipful misdirected offerings to themselves. In translation, the participial clause is rendered as a temporal subordinate clause, and the articular infinitive is represented by an English prepositional phrase (“from sacrificing / from offering sacrifices”) that naturally conveys prevention.
In context — Acts 14:18
And as they were saying these things, they scarcely restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them.
About this coordinate
Acts 14:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 14:18, so the Greek word αὐτοῖς (autois) 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.14.18.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.18.W11.S1) and character.