Acts 17:22:15Acts.17.22.W15TAB
δεισιδαιμονεστέρους
deisidaimonesterous
“more religious”
- Transliteration
- dei-si-dai-mo-ne-STE-rous
- Extended
- deh-ee-see-dai-moh-neh-STEH-roos
- IPA
- /dɛi.si.dai.mo.neˈsteː.rus/
Meaning by language
- English
- more religious
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dei-si-dai-mo-ne-STE-rous
- sentence
sta-THEIS de PAU-los en ME-sō tou a-REI-ou PA-gou E-phē AN-dres a-thē-NAI-oi ka-TA PAN-ta hōs dei-si-dai-mo-ne-STE-rous hy-MAS the-ō-RŌ
Exegesis
The following clause, kata panta hōs deisidaimonesterous hymas theōrō {κατὰ πάντα ὡς δεισιδαιμονεστέρους ὑμᾶς θεωρῶ | katá pánta hōs deisidaimonestérous hymâs theōrô}, begins with the prepositional phrase kata panta ‘in every respect’ placed first for emphasis, with hōs introducing Paul’s evaluative perspective. Deisidaimonesterous functions as a predicate accusative describing hymas ‘you,’ while theōrō provides the first person evaluative verb ‘I perceive.’ This structure allows Paul to frame his assessment as a reasoned observation rather than a direct accusation, a nuance reflected in English by foregrounding “in every respect” and using “very religious” as a term that can bear both appreciative and critical overtones depending on the broader discourse.
Root and etymology
deisidaimondelta–epsilon–iota–sigma–iota–delta–alpha–iota–mu–omega–nu
“fearing the divine, religious, superstitious”
In context — Acts 17:22
Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, in every respect I perceive that you are very religious .”
About this coordinate
Acts 17:22:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Acts 17:22, so the Greek word δεισιδαιμονεστέρους (deisidaimonesterous) 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.17.22.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.22.W15.S1) and character.