Acts 16:3:14Acts.16.3.W14TAB
Ἰουδαίους
ioudaious
“Jews”
- Transliteration
- i-ou-da-I-ous
- Extended
- ih-oo-dah-EE-oos
- IPA
- /i.ou.daˈi.us/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jews
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
i-ou-da-I-ous
- sentence
TOU-ton ê-THE-lê-sen ho PAU-los syn au-TOI ek-sel-THEIN KAI la-BŌN pe-ri-E-te-men au-TON di-A tous i-ou-da-I-ous tous ON-tas en tois TO-pois e-KEI-nois ÊI-dei-san gar HA-pan-tes HO-ti HEl-lên ho pa-TÊR au-TOU hy-PÊR-khen
Exegesis
The phrase dia tous Ioudaious {διὰ τοὺς Ἰουδαίους | di-Á toûs I-ou-DAI-ous} “because of the Jews” uses dia with the accusative to express causation, further specified by the participial clause tous ontas en tois topois ekeinōis {τοὺς ὄντας ἐν τοῖς τόποις ἐκείνοις | toûs Ón-tas en toîs TÓ-pois e-KEI-nois} “who were in those places,” identifying the local Jewish communities.
In context — Acts 16:3
Paul chose this man to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in those regions, since they all knew that his father was Greek.
About this coordinate
Acts 16:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Acts 16:3, so the Greek word Ἰουδαίους (ioudaious) 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.16.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.3.W14.S1) and character.