Acts 16:4:10Acts.16.4.W10TAB
δόγματα
dogmata
“decrees”
- Transliteration
- DOG-ma-ta
- Extended
- DOHG-mah-tah
- IPA
- /ˈdog.ma.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- decrees
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
DOG-ma-ta
- sentence
hôs de di-e-po-REU-on-to tas PO-leis pa-re-DI-do-san au-TOIS phy-LAS-sein ta DOG-ma-ta ta ke-kri-ME-na hy-PO tôn a-po-STO-lōn kai pres-by-TE-rōn tôn en hi-e-ro-so-LY-mois
Exegesis
Its direct object, ta dógmata {τὰ δόγματα | tà dóg-ma-ta} “the decrees,” is qualified by the perfect passive participle kekrimena {κεκριμένα | ke-krí-me-na} “having been decided,” signifying settled, binding rulings.
Root and etymology
dokeōdelta–omicron–kappa–epsilon–omega
“to decree”
In context — Acts 16:4
As they journeyed through the cities, they passed on to them the decrees to keep, which the apostles and the elders in Jerusalem had determined.
About this coordinate
Acts 16:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Acts 16:4, so the Greek word δόγματα (dogmata) 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.16.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.4.W10.S1) and character.