Acts 16:13:14Acts.16.13.W14TAB
προσευχὴν
proseukhên
“prayer”
- Transliteration
- pro-seu-KHÊN
- Extended
- proh-seu-KHÊN
- IPA
- /pro.seuˈkʰɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- prayer
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pro-seu-KHÊN
- sentence
tê te hê-ME-rai tôn sab-BA-tōn ek-SÊL-tho-men EK-sō tês PY-lēs pa-RA po-ta-MON hou e-no-MI-zo-men pro-seu-KHÊN EI-nai kai ka-THI-san-tes e-la-LOU-men tais sy-nel-THOU-sais gy-nai-KSIN
Root and etymology
euchomaiepsilon upsilon chi omicron mu alpha iota
“to pray, vow”
In context — Acts 16:13
And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we assumed there was a place of prayer ; we sat down and spoke with the women who had gathered there.
About this coordinate
Acts 16:13:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Acts 16:13, so the Greek word προσευχὴν (proseukhên) 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.16.13.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.13.W14.S1) and character.