Acts 15:3:18Acts.15.3.W18TAB
ἐθνῶν
ethnôn
“Gentiles”
- Transliteration
- eth-NÔN
- Extended
- ehth-NOHN
- IPA
- /etʰˈnɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Gentiles
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
eth-NÔN
- 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 second nominative participle ekdiēgoumenoi {ἐκδιηγούμενοι | ekdiēgoúmenoi} ‘describing in detail’ expresses manner, with its object tēn epistrophēn tōn ethnōn {τὴν ἐπιστροφὴν τῶν ἐθνῶν | tḕn epistrophḕn tôn ethnôn} ‘the conversion of the Gentiles’.
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 15:3:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 15:3, so the Greek word ἐθνῶν (ethnôn) 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.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.3.W18.S1) and character.