Acts 16:37:24Acts.16.37.W24TAB
ἀλλὰ
alla
“but”
- Transliteration
- al-LA
- Extended
- ahl-LAH
- IPA
- /alˈla/
Meaning by language
- English
- but
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
al-LA
- sentence
ho de PAU-los E-phê pros au-TOUS DEI-ran-tes hê-MAS dê-mo-SI-a a-ka-ta-KRI-tous an-THRÔ-pous rhô-ma-I-ous hy-PAR-khon-tas E-ba-lan eis phy-la-KÊN kai NUN LA-thra hê-MAS ek-BAL-lou-sin ou GAR al-LA el-THON-tes au-TOI hê-MAS ek-sa-ga-GE-tô-san
Exegesis
The shift to the present with ekballousin {ἐκβάλλουσιν | ek-bál-lou-sin} ‘they are casting out’ following kai nun lathrai {καὶ νῦν λάθρᾳ | kaí nûn lá-thrāi} ‘and now in secret’ forms a rhetorical question framed by the adversative ou gar alla {οὐ γάρ ἀλλὰ | ou gár al-là} to reject the covert dismissal.
In context — Acts 16:37
But Paul said to them, “They beat us in public without condemnation, even though we are Romans , and they threw us into prison. And now they are casting us out in secret? Not at all. Let them come themselves and lead us out.”
About this coordinate
Acts 16:37:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Acts 16:37, so the Greek word ἀλλὰ (alla) 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.16.37.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.37.W24.S1) and character.