Acts 15:14:4Acts.15.14.W4TAB
πρῶτον
prôton
“first”
- Transliteration
- PRÔ-ton
- Extended
- PRÔH-tohn
- IPA
- /ˈprɔː.ton/
Meaning by language
- English
- first
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PRÔ-ton
- sentence
sy-me-ON ek-sê-GAY-sa-to ka-THÔS PRÔ-ton ho the-OS e-pe-SKEP-sa-to la-BEEN eks e-THNÔN la-ON tôi o-NO-ma-ti au-TOU
Exegesis
Within it, the adverb prōton {πρῶτον | prōton} ‘first’ highlights the priority of the action.
In context — Acts 15:14
Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people for His name.
About this coordinate
Acts 15:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 15:14, so the Greek word πρῶτον (prôton) 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.15.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.14.W4.S1) and character.