Acts 16:36:13Acts.16.36.W13TAB
οἱ
hoi
“the”
- Transliteration
- hoi
- Extended
- hoi
- IPA
- /hoi/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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hoi
- sentence
a-PÊNG-gei-len DE ho des-mo-PHY-laks tous LO-gous TOU-tous pros ton PAU-lon HO-ti a-PE-stal-kan hoi stra-tê-GOI HI-na a-po-ly-THÊ-te NYN OUN ex-el-THON-tes po-REU-es-the en ei-RÊ-nê
Exegesis
Within the quotation, apestalkan hoi strategoi {Ἀπέσταλκαν οἱ στρατηγοὶ | apéstalkan hoí stratēgoí} “the magistrates have sent orders” uses a perfect verb to emphasize the settled decree.
Root and etymology
oikomicron–iota–kappa
“house, dwelling”
In context — Acts 16:36
The jailer reported these words to Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders that you be released; so now, go out and go in peace .”
About this coordinate
Acts 16:36:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 16:36, so the Greek word οἱ (hoi) 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.16.36.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.36.W13.S1) and character.