Acts 15:24:13Acts.15.24.W13TAB
ψυχὰς
psykhas
“souls”
- Transliteration
- psy-KHAS
- Extended
- psyoo-KHAHS
- IPA
- /psyˈkʰas/
Meaning by language
- English
- souls
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
psy-KHAS
- sentence
e-pei-DEE ê-KOU-sa-men HO-ti ti-NES eks hê-MON ek-sel-THON-tes e-TA-rak-san hy-MAS LO-gois a-na-ske-WA-dzon-tes tas psy-KHAS hy-MÔN hois ou di-es-tei-LA-me-tha
Exegesis
The present participle anaskeuazontes {ἀνασκευάζοντες | a-na-skeu-áz-on-tes} linked to tas psychas hymōn {τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν | tas psych-ás hy-môn} intensifies the sense of overturning the hearers’ inner selves.
In context — Acts 15:24
Since we have heard that certain ones went out from among us and troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, to whom we gave no instruction.
About this coordinate
Acts 15:24:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 15:24, so the Greek word ψυχὰς (psykhas) 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.15.24.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.24.W13.S1) and character.