Acts 17:29:8Acts.17.29.W8TAB
νομίζειν
nomidzein
“to think”
- Transliteration
- no-MI-dzein
- Extended
- noh-MIH-dzeen
- IPA
- /noˈmiː.dzein/
Meaning by language
- English
- to think
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Alphabet Analysis
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
no-MI-dzein
- 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 main verbal idea is the negated obligation ouk opheilomen nomizein {οὐκ ὀφείλομεν νομίζειν | ouk o-pheí-lo-men no-mí-zein} ‘we ought not to think’, where the finite verb opheilomen governs the complementary infinitive nomizein.
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 17:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 17:29, so the Greek word νομίζειν (nomidzein) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.29.W8.S1) and character.