Acts 16:17:12Acts.16.17.W12TAB
δοῦλοι
douloi
“slaves”
- Transliteration
- DOU-loi
- Extended
- DOO-loi
- IPA
- /ˈduː.loi/
Meaning by language
- English
- slaves
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
DOU-loi
- sentence
HAU-tê ka-ta-ko-lou-THOU-sa tôi PAU-lôi KAI hê-MEEN E-kra-dzen LE-gou-sa HOU-toi hoi AN-thrô-poi DOU-loi tou the-OU tou hy-PSI-stou ei-SEEN HOI-ti-nes ka-taŋ-GE-lou-sin hy-MEEN ho-DON sô-tê-RI-as
Exegesis
In the quotation, the demonstrative houtoi {Οὗτοι | Hoû-toi} and the noun phrase hoi anthrōpoi douloi {οἱ ἄνθρωποι δοῦλοι | hoi án-thrō-poi doû-loi} label Paul and his companions as human yet defined by servitude.
In context — Acts 16:17
She kept following Paul and us and crying out, “These men are servants of God Most High ; they are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”
About this coordinate
Acts 16:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 16:17, so the Greek word δοῦλοι (douloi) 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.16.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.17.W12.S1) and character.