Acts 15:32:7Acts.15.32.W7TAB
προφῆται
prophêtai
“prophets”
- Transliteration
- pro-PHÊ-tai
- Extended
- proh-PHAY-tai
- IPA
- /proˈpʰɛː.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- prophets
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pro-PHÊ-tai
- sentence
i-OU-das te KAI si-LAS KAI au-TOI pro-PHÊ-tai ON-tes di-A LO-gou pol-LOU pa-re-KA-le-san tous a-del-PHOUS KAI e-pe-STÊ-ri-san
Exegesis
The phrase kai autoi prophetai ontes {καὶ αὐτοὶ προφῆται ὄντες | kaí au-toí pro-phê-tai ón-tes} is an intensive participial construction indicating that these men are indeed prophets, with the present participle ontes providing descriptive background.
Root and etymology
prophemipro-phe-mi
“to speak forth”
In context — Acts 15:32
And Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, encouraged the brothers with many words and strengthened them.
About this coordinate
Acts 15:32:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 15:32, so the Greek word προφῆται (prophêtai) 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.15.32.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.32.W7.S1) and character.