Acts 14:5:16Acts.14.5.W16TAB
λιθοβολῆσαι
lithobolêsai
“to stone”
- Transliteration
- li-tho-bo-LÊ-sai
- Extended
- lih-thoh-boh-LÊ-sai
- IPA
- /li.tʰo.boˈlɛː.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to stone
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
li-tho-bo-LÊ-sai
- sentence
hōs de e-GHE-ne-to hor-MÊ tôn e-thNÔN te kai i-ou-dai-ÔN syn tois AR-khou-sin au-TÔN hy-BRI-sai kai li-tho-bo-LÊ-sai au-TOUS
Exegesis
The coordinated infinitives hybrísai {ὑβρίσαι | hybrísai} ‘to mistreat’ and lithobolêsai {λιθοβολῆσαι | lithobolêsai} ‘to stone’ express intended actions of dishonor and execution, joined by kaí {καὶ | kaí}. In English, these are rendered as “an attempt was made” and “an attempt began” to emphasize the initiation of hostile intent rather than its completion.
In context — Acts 14:5
But when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their rulers, to mistreat and to stone them.
About this coordinate
Acts 14:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 14:5, so the Greek word λιθοβολῆσαι (lithobolêsai) 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.14.5.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.5.W16.S1) and character.