Acts 17:31:7Acts.17.31.W7TAB
κρίνειν
kreenein
“to judge”
- Transliteration
- KREE-nein
- Extended
- KREE-neh-een
- IPA
- /ˈkriː.neːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to judge
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
KREE-nein
- sentence
ka-THO-ti E-stê-sen hê-ME-ran en hêi MEL-lei KREE-nein tên oi-kou-ME-nên en di-kai-o-SY-nêi en an-DRI hôi HÔ-ri-sen PI-stin pa-ra-SKHÔN PA-sin a-na-STÊ-sas au-TON ek ne-KRÔN
Exegesis
This is modified by the relative clause en hē mellei krinein {ἐν ᾗ μέλλει κρίνειν | en hē méllei krínein}, with mellei plus infinitive krinein forming a periphrastic construction expressing an impending, certain future judgment.
Root and etymology
krinōkappa–rho–iota–nu–omega
“to separate, decide, judge”
In context — Acts 17:31
Because He has appointed a day on which He is about to judge the inhabited world in righteousness by a man whom He has determined, having given assurance to all by raising Him from the dead.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:31:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 17:31, so the Greek word κρίνειν (kreenein) 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.17.31.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.31.W7.S1) and character.