Acts 17:29:21Acts.17.29.W21TAB
εἶναι
einai
“to be”
- Transliteration
- EI-nai
- Extended
- EI-nai
- IPA
- /ˈei.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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EI-nai
- sentence
GE-nos OUN hy-PAR-khon-tes tou the-OU ouk o-PHEE-lo-men no-MI-dzein khry-SÔ ê ar-GY-rô ê LI-thô kha-RAg-ma-ti TEKH-nês kai en-thy-MÊ-se-ôs an-THRÔ-pou to THEI-on EI-nai HO-moi-on
Exegesis
The infinitival clause to theion einai homoion {τὸ θεῖον εἶναι ὅμοιον | to theî-on eî-nai hó-moi-on} serves as the object of nomizein: the articular adjective to theion ‘the divine being’ is linked by einai ‘to be’ to the predicate adjective homoion ‘similar’, which appears in the accusative as the complement in the accusative-and-infinitive construction. English renders this with a finite clause “that the divine is like …” and standard subject–verb–object order, preserving the logical sequence from believers’ identity as God’s offspring to the argument against representing the transcendent Deity with human-made idols.
In context — Acts 17:29
Therefore, being offspring of God , we ought not to think that the divine is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the skill and imagination of man.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:29:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Acts 17:29, so the Greek word εἶναι (einai) 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.17.29.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.29.W21.S1) and character.