Acts 17:20:10Acts.17.20.W10TAB

οὖν

oun

therefore

Transliteration
OUN
Extended
OON
IPA
/ˈuːn/

Meaning by language

English
therefore

Alphabet Analysis

Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    OUN

  2. sentence

    kse-NI-zon-ta GAR ti-NA eis-PHE-reis eis tas a-ko-AS hê-MON bou-LO-me-tha OUN GNÔ-nai TI-na THE-lei TAU-ta EI-nai

Exegesis

The second clause shifts to the first person plural subject in boulometha oun {βουλόμεθα οὖν | boulómetha oun} ‘therefore we wish’, with oun marking an inferential conclusion drawn from the preceding observation.

In contextActs 17:20

For you are bringing certain strange things to our ears ; therefore we wish to know what these things mean .

About this coordinate

Acts 17:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Acts 17:20, so the Greek word οὖν (oun) 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.17.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.20.W10.S1) and character.