Acts 15:26:8Acts.15.26.W8TAB
ὀνόματος
onomatos
“name”
- Transliteration
- o-NO-ma-tos
- Extended
- oh-NOH-mah-tohs
- IPA
- /oˈno.ma.tos/
Meaning by language
- English
- name
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-NO-ma-tos
- sentence
AN-thrô-pois pa-ra-de-dô-KO-si tas psy-KHAS au-TÔN hy-PER tou o-NO-ma-tos tou KY-ri-ou hê-MON ee-ay-SOO khree-STOO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase hyper tou onomatos {ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος | hypér tou onó-matos} ‘for the name’ expresses action on behalf of or for the sake of someone, here indicating vicarious devotion.
Root and etymology
onomaomicron–nu–omicron–mu–alpha
“name, designation”
In context — Acts 15:26
Men who have given over their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ .
About this coordinate
Acts 15:26:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 15:26, so the Greek word ὀνόματος (onomatos) 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.15.26.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.26.W8.S1) and character.