Acts 15:29:2Acts.15.29.W2TAB
εἰδωλοθύτων
eidōlothytōn
“from things sacrificed to idols”
- Transliteration
- ei-dō-lo-THY-tōn
- Extended
- ei-doh-loh-THY-tohn
- IPA
- /ei.dɔː.loˈtʰy.tɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- from things sacrificed to idols
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ei-dō-lo-THY-tōn
- sentence
a-PE-khe-sthai ei-dō-lo-THY-tōn KAI HAI-ma-tos KAI pni-KTŌN KAI por-NEI-as eks HŌN di-a-tē-ROUN-tes he-au-TOUS EU PRAK-se-te ER-rhōs-the
Exegesis
The coordinated genitives eidolothytōn {εἰδωλοθύτων | ei-dō-lo-thý-tōn} ‘things sacrificed to idols’, haimatos {αἵματος | haí-ma-tos} ‘blood’, pniktōn {πνικτῶν | pni-ktôn} ‘things strangled’, and porneias {πορνείας | por-neí-as} ‘sexual immorality’ are linked by repeated kai {καὶ | kaí} ‘and’, forming a catalog of binding requirements for Gentile believers.
Root and etymology
eidōlonei'-dō-lon
“idol, image”
In context — Acts 15:29
Abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality ; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well . Farewell.
About this coordinate
Acts 15:29:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 15:29, so the Greek word εἰδωλοθύτων (eidōlothytōn) 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.15.29.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.29.W2.S1) and character.