Acts 16:19:9Acts.16.19.W9TAB
ἐλπὶς
elpis
“hope”
- Transliteration
- el-PIS
- Extended
- ehl-PIHS
- IPA
- /elˈpis/
Meaning by language
- English
- hope
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
el-PIS
- 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
The perception clause hoti exēlthen hē elpis tēs ergasias autōn {ὅτι ἐξῆλθεν ἡ ἐλπὶς τῆς ἐργασίας αὐτῶν | hóti exḗlthen hē elpís tēs ergasías autōn} ‘that their hope of profit had gone’ uses a genitive of source to specify the economic basis of their loss.
Root and etymology
elpoepsilon–lambda–pi–omega
“to expect, to hope”
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 16:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 16:19, so the Greek word ἐλπὶς (elpis) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.19.W9.S1) and character.