Acts 16:29:3Acts.16.29.W3TAB
φῶτα
phôta
“lights”
- Transliteration
- PHÔ-ta
- Extended
- PHOH-tah
- IPA
- /ˈpʰɔː.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- lights
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
PHÔ-ta
- sentence
ai-TÊ-sas de PHÔ-ta ei-se-PÊ-dê-sen KAI EN-tro-mos ge-NO-me-nos pro-SE-pe-sen tôi PAU-lô KAI tôi si-LÂ
Exegesis
The accusative plural noun phota {φῶτα | phôta} ‘lights’ serves as the object of eisepedesen {εἰσεπήδησεν | eisepḗdēsen}, an aorist indicative verb ‘he leaped in’, depicting a swift movement into the inner cell.
In context — Acts 16:29
He asked for lights , entered quickly, and trembling , fell down before Paul and Silas.
About this coordinate
Acts 16:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 16:29, so the Greek word φῶτα (phôta) 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.16.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.29.W3.S1) and character.