Acts 16:25:8Acts.16.25.W8TAB
προσευχόμενοι
proseukhomenoi
“praying”
- Transliteration
- pro-seu-KHO-me-noi
- Extended
- proh-seu-KHOH-meh-noi
- IPA
- /pro.seuˈkʰo.me.noi/
Meaning by language
- English
- praying
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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 | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pro-seu-KHO-me-noi
- sentence
ka-TA de to me-so-NUK-ti-on PAU-los KAI si-LAS pro-seu-KHO-me-noi HUM-noun ton the-ON e-pê-kro-ÔN-to de au-TÔN hoi DES-mi-oi
Exegesis
The participle proseuchomenoi {προσευχόμενοι | proseuchómenoi} ‘praying’ and the imperfect hýmnoun {ὕμνουν | hýmnoun} ‘they were singing hymns’ form a circumstantial participle–main verb sequence that emphasizes ongoing worship.
In context — Acts 16:25
At midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God , and the prisoners were listening attentively to them.
About this coordinate
Acts 16:25:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 16:25, so the Greek word προσευχόμενοι (proseukhomenoi) 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.16.25.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.25.W8.S1) and character.