Acts 17:5:11Acts.17.5.W11TAB
πονηροὺς
ponêrous
“wicked”
- Transliteration
- po-nê-ROUS
- Extended
- poh-nay-ROOS
- IPA
- /po.nɛːˈrous/
Meaning by language
- English
- wicked
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
po-nê-ROUS
- sentence
dzê-LO-san-tes de hoi i-ou-DAI-oi kai pros-la-BO-me-noi tôn a-go-RAI-ôn AN-dras ti-NAS po-nê-ROUS kai okh-lo-poi-Ê-san-tes e-tho-RY-boun tên PO-lin kai e-pi-STAN-tes tê oi-KI-a i-A-so-nos e-DZÊ-toun au-TOUS pro-a-ga-GEIN eis ton DÊ-mon
Exegesis
The genitive phrase tōn agoraion andras tinas ponērous {τῶν ἀγοραίων ἄνδρας τινὰς πονηρούς | tōn a-go-RAI-on AN-dras ti-NAS po-nē-ROUS} specifies the kind of men they enlisted, with agoraion modifying andras to denote rough men from the marketplace. The participle okhlopoiēsantes, from a compound meaning “to make a crowd,” presents the means by which they carried out their hostility, while ethoryboun, in the imperfect, depicts the resulting ongoing disturbance in the city.
In context — Acts 17:5
But the Jews , having become jealous, and having taken along some wicked men from among the market-dwellers, formed a mob and were throwing the city into an uproar. And having come upon the house of Jason, they were seeking to bring them out to the assembly .
About this coordinate
Acts 17:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 17:5, so the Greek word πονηροὺς (ponêrous) 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.17.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.5.W11.S1) and character.