Acts 14:23:5Acts.14.23.W5TAB
ἐκκλησίαν
ekklêsian
“church”
- Transliteration
- ek-klê-SI-an
- Extended
- ehk-klê-SI-ahn
- IPA
- /ek.kleːˈsi.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- church
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ek-klê-SI-an
- sentence
khei-ro-to-NEE-san-tes de au-TOIS kat ek-klê-SI-an pres-by-TE-rous pro-seu-KSA-me-noi me-TA nê-stei-ÔN pa-RE-the(n)-to au-TOUS tôi KY-ree-ôi eis hon pe-pi-STEY-kei-san
Exegesis
The dative autois {αὐτοῖς | autoîs} marks the beneficiaries, while kat ekklēsian {κατʼ ἐκκλησίαν | katá ekklēsían} functions distributively ‘in each church.’
Root and etymology
ekkaleōepsilon–kappa–kappa–alpha–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to call out, summon”
In context — Acts 14:23
Once they had appointed elders for them in every church, they offered prayer and fasting and then handed those leaders over to the Lord in Whom they had believed .
About this coordinate
Acts 14:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 14:23, so the Greek word ἐκκλησίαν (ekklêsian) 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.14.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.23.W5.S1) and character.