Acts 17:2:18Acts.17.2.W18TAB
γραφῶν
graphôn
“Scriptures”
- Transliteration
- gra-PHÔN
- Extended
- gra-phohn
- IPA
- /graˈpʰɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Scriptures
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
gra-PHÔN
- sentence
ka-TA de to ei-Ō-thos tôi PAU-lôi ei-SÊL-then pros au-TOUS kai e-PI SAB-ba-ta TRI-a di-e-LEK-sa-to au-TOIS a-PO tôn gra-PHÔN
Exegesis
Finally, apo tōn graphōn {ἀπὸ τῶν γραφῶν | a-pò tôn gra-phôn} employs apo with the genitive to mark source, “from the Scriptures,” signaling that the content of Paul’s reasoning is drawn out of the written sacred texts. The English reconstructions maintain this clausal sequence and the temporal and source relations while smoothing idiom and clarifying implicit subjects.
Root and etymology
graphōgamma–rho–alpha–phi–omega
“to write”
In context — Acts 17:2
As was his custom , Paul went in to them, and for three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures .
About this coordinate
Acts 17:2:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 17:2, so the Greek word γραφῶν (graphôn) 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.17.2.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.2.W18.S1) and character.