Acts 17:4:23Acts.17.4.W23TAB
οὐκ
ouk
“not”
- Transliteration
- ouk
- Extended
- ook
- IPA
- /uk/
Meaning by language
- English
- not
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite |
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Word in context
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ouk
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KAI TI-nes eks au-TON e-PEI-sthē-san KAI pro-se-klē-RŌ-thē-san tō PAU-lō KAI tō si-LA tōn te se-bo-ME-nōn hel-LĒ-nōn PLÊ-thos po-LY gy-nai-KŌN te tōn PRŌ-tōn ouk o-LI-gai
Exegesis
The final segment gynaikōn te tōn prōtōn ouk oligai {γυναικῶν τε τῶν πρώτων οὐκ ὀλίγαι | gu-nai-kōn te tôn prô-tōn ouk o-lí-gai} uses litotes ('not few') to stress that many socially prominent women responded, balancing the mention of Greeks and underscoring the socially diverse impact of the mission. In English, the long Greek sentence is slightly segmented and reordered to keep the flow from persuasion to joining clear while preserving the coordinated structure and emphases.
In context — Acts 17:4
And some of them were persuaded and were joined to Paul and Silas, along with a great multitude of the worshipping Greeks and not a few of the leading women.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:4:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Acts 17:4, so the Greek word οὐκ (ouk) 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.17.4.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.4.W23.S1) and character.