Acts 17:29:9Acts.17.29.W9TAB
χρυσῷ
khrysô
“gold”
- Transliteration
- khry-SÔ
- Extended
- khry-SÔ
- IPA
- /kʰryˈsɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- gold
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
khry-SÔ
- 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
A coordinated series of datives—chrysō ē argyrō ē lithō charagmati {χρυσῷ ἢ ἀργύρῳ ἢ λίθῳ χαράγματι | khry-sō ē ar-gý-rō lí-thō kha-rág-ma-ti}—lists materials and the fashioned object, representing typical idol forms.
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 17:29:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 17:29, so the Greek word χρυσῷ (khrysô) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.29.W9.S1) and character.