Acts 14:27:18Acts.14.27.W18TAB
ἔθνεσιν
ethnesin
“nations”
- Transliteration
- E-thne-sin
- Extended
- EH-thneh-sihn
- IPA
- /ˈe.tʰne.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- nations
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
E-thne-sin
- sentence
pa-ra-ge-NO-me-noi de KAI sy-na-ga-GON-tes tên ek-klay-SEE-an a-NEEŋ-ge-lon HO-sa e-poi-EE-sen ho the-OS met au-TÔN KAI HO-ti Ê-noi-ksen tois E-thne-sin THY-ran PI-ste-ôs
Exegesis
A coordinating hoti {ὅτι | hóti} clause, hoti ēnoixen tois ethnesin thyran pisteōs {ὅτι ἤνοιξεν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν θύραν πίστεως | hóti ḗnoixen tois éthnesin thýran písteōs}, specifies the result of divine action: God opened an access point, metaphorically, for the nations.
In context — Acts 14:27
But when they had arrived and had gathered the assembly together, they were reporting all that God had done with them and that He had opened for the nations a door of faith .
About this coordinate
Acts 14:27:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 14:27, so the Greek word ἔθνεσιν (ethnesin) 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.14.27.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.27.W18.S1) and character.