Acts 17:21:7Acts.17.21.W7TAB
ξένοι
ksenoi
“foreigners”
- Transliteration
- KSE-noi
- Extended
- KSEH-noi
- IPA
- /ˈkse.noi/
Meaning by language
- English
- foreigners
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Alphabet Analysis
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
KSE-noi
- sentence
a-thê-NAI-oi DE PAN-tes KAI hoi e-pi-dê-MOUN-tes KSE-noi eis ou-DEN HE-te-ron ê-u-KAI-roun ê LE-gein ti ê a-KOU-ein ti kai-NO-te-ron
Exegesis
The sentence opens with the coordinated nominative subject group Athenaioi de pantes kai hoi epidemountes xenoi {Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ πάντες καὶ οἱ ἐπιδημοῦντες ξένοι | Athē-naî-oi de pán-tes kaí hoi e-pi-dē-moûn-tes xé-noi}, combining the local citizens and the resident foreigners. The postpositive particle de marks a mild transition from the previous narrative.
Root and etymology
xenosxi–epsilon–nu–omicron–sigma
“stranger, foreigner”
In context — Acts 17:21
But all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there were spending their time on nothing else except to tell something or to hear something newer.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 17:21, so the Greek word ξένοι (ksenoi) 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.17.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.21.W7.S1) and character.