Acts 14:5:6Acts.14.5.W6TAB
ἐθνῶν
ethnôn
“Gentiles”
- Transliteration
- e-thNÔN
- Extended
- eh-thnôhn
- IPA
- /e.tʰˈnɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Gentiles
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-thNÔN
- 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 genitive plural phrase tōn ethnôn te kai Ioudaíōn {τῶν ἐθνῶν τε καὶ Ἰουδαίων | tōn ethnôn te kai Ioudaíōn} denotes joint agents of hostility.
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 14:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 14:5, so the Greek word ἐθνῶν (ethnôn) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.5.W6.S1) and character.