Acts 15:15:7Acts.15.15.W7TAB
προφητῶν
prophêtōn
“prophets”
- Transliteration
- pro-phê-TŌN
- Extended
- proh-phay-TOHN
- IPA
- /pro.pʰɛːˈtɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- prophets
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pro-phê-TŌN
- sentence
KAI TOU-tō sym-phō-NOU-sin hoi LO-goi tōn pro-phê-TŌN ka-THŌS GE-grap-tai
Exegesis
The explicit subject hoi logoi {οἱ λόγοι | hoi ló-goi}, modified by the genitive tōn prophētōn {τῶν προφητῶν | tôn pro-phē-tōn}, produces ‘the words of the prophets,’ marking prophetic source.
Root and etymology
prophētēspi–rho–omicron–phi–eta–tau–eta–sigma
“one who speaks forth, prophet”
In context — Acts 15:15
And the words of the prophets agree with this, just as it has been written .
About this coordinate
Acts 15:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 15:15, so the Greek word προφητῶν (prophêtōn) 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.15.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.15.W7.S1) and character.