Acts 15:3:11Acts.15.3.W11TAB
Φοινίκην
phoineekên
“Phoenicia”
- Transliteration
- phoi-NEE-kên
- Extended
- phoi-NEE-KAYN
- IPA
- /pʰoiˈni.kɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Phoenicia
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Alphabet Analysis
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
phoi-NEE-kên
- sentence
hoi MEN OUN pro-pem-PHEN-tes hy-PO tês ek-klay-SEE-as di-AYR-khon-to tên te phoi-NEE-kên KAI sa-MA-rei-an ek-di-ay-gou-ME-noi tên e-pi-stro-PHÊN tôn eth-NÔN KAI e-POI-oun kha-RAN me-GA-lên PA-si tois a-del-PHOIS
Exegesis
The correlative pair tēn te Phoinikēn kai Samareian {τὴν τε Φοινίκην καὶ Σαμάρειαν | tḕn te Phoiníkēn kaí Samáreian} unifies Phoenicia and Samaria as loci of travel.
In context — Acts 15:3
Thus, after the assembly commissioned them, they moved through Phoenicia and Samaria, offering a thorough account of the conversion of the Gentiles, and they brought abundant joy to all the brothers.
About this coordinate
Acts 15:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 15:3, so the Greek word Φοινίκην (phoineekên) 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.15.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.3.W11.S1) and character.