Acts 16:19:23Acts.16.19.W23TAB
ἐπὶ
epi
“before”
- Transliteration
- e-PI
- Extended
- eh-PIH
- IPA
- /eˈpi/
Meaning by language
- English
- before
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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e-PI
- sentence
i-DON-tes de hoi KY-ree-oi au-TÊS HO-ti ek-EX-êl-then hê el-PIS tês er-ga-SI-as au-TÔN e-pi-la-BO-me-noi ton PAU-lon kai ton si-LÂN HEIL-ky-san eis tên a-go-RAN e-PI tous AR-khon-tas
Exegesis
Two prepositional phrases, eis tēn agoran {εἰς τὴν ἀγορὰν | eis tḗn agorán} ‘into the marketplace’ and epi tous archontas {ἐπὶ τοὺς ἄρχοντας | epì toùs árkhontas} ‘before the rulers’, specify the setting and legal forum. The English translation divides the Greek participial sequence into finite clauses (“when they saw,” “they seized… and dragged…”) to preserve the causal progression from economic loss to legal escalation.
In context — Acts 16:19
When her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers .
About this coordinate
Acts 16:19:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Acts 16:19, so the Greek word ἐπὶ (epi) 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.16.19.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.19.W23.S1) and character.