Acts 17:26:11Acts.17.26.W11TAB
προσώπου
prosôpou
“face”
- Transliteration
- pro-SÔ-pou
- Extended
- proh-SOH-poo
- IPA
- /proˈsɔː.puː/
Meaning by language
- English
- face
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pro-SÔ-pou
- sentence
e-POI-ee-sen te eks he-NOS PAN E-thnos an-THRÔ-pōn ka-toi-KEIN e-PI pan-TOS pro-SÔ-pou TÊS GÊS ho-RI-sas pros-te-tag-ME-nous kai-ROUS kai tas ho-ro-the-SI-as TÊS ka-toi-KI-as au-TÔN
Exegesis
This infinitive is further specified by the prepositional phrase epi pantos prosōpou tēs gēs {ἐπὶ παντὸς προσώπου τῆς γῆς | e-PI pan-TÓS pro-SŌ-pou tēs gēs}, literally “on all the face of the earth,” an idiom underscoring the global spread of humanity.
In context — Acts 17:26
And He made from one every nation of mankind to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:26:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 17:26, so the Greek word προσώπου (prosôpou) 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.17.26.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.26.W11.S1) and character.