Acts 15:39:3Acts.15.39.W3TAB
παροξυσμὸς
paroksysmos
“a sharp provocation”
- Transliteration
- pa-ro-ksys-MOS
- Extended
- pah-roh-ksys-MOHS
- IPA
- /pa.ro.ksysˈmos/
Meaning by language
- English
- a sharp provocation
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pa-ro-ksys-MOS
- sentence
e-GHE-ne-to de pa-ro-ksys-MOS HŌ-ste a-po-khō-ri-STHÊ-nai au-TOUS ap al-LÊ-lōn ton te bar-na-BÂN pa-ra-la-BON-ta ton MÂR-kon ek-PLEU-sai eis KY-pro(n)
Exegesis
Paroxysmós {παροξυσμὸς | paroxysmós} ‘sharp disagreement’ follows the verb to emphasize conflict as a new development.
Root and etymology
paroxynopi–alpha–rho–omicron–xi–upsilon–nu–omega
“to provoke sharply”
In context — Acts 15:39
Then a sharp disagreement occurred, so that they separated from one another; and Barnabas took Mark and sailed away to Cyprus.
About this coordinate
Acts 15:39:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 15:39, so the Greek word παροξυσμὸς (paroksysmos) 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.15.39.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.39.W3.S1) and character.