Acts 16:24:2Acts.16.24.W2TAB
παραγγελίαν
paranggeleean
“an order”
- Transliteration
- pa-rang-ge-LEE-an
- Extended
- pah-rahng-geh-LEE-ah n
- IPA
- /pa.raŋ.geˈli.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- an order
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pa-rang-ge-LEE-an
- sentence
hos pa-rang-ge-LEE-an toi-AU-tên la-BON E-ba-len au-TOUS eis tên e-sô-TE-ran phy-la-KÊN KAI tous PO-das ê-spha-LEE-sa-to au-TÔN eis to KSY-lon
Exegesis
The aorist participle labon {λαβών | labṓn} ‘having received’ functions adverbially to mark the reception of the parangelian {παραγγελίαν | pa-rang-ge-lí-an} ‘order’ as the cause for the subsequent actions.
Root and etymology
paranggellōpi–alpha–rho–alpha–gamma–gamma–epsilon–lambda–lambda–omega
“to transmit a command, order”
In context — Acts 16:24
Having received such an order , he confined them to the inner prison and secured their feet to the stocks .
About this coordinate
Acts 16:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 16:24, so the Greek word παραγγελίαν (paranggeleean) 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.16.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.24.W2.S1) and character.