Acts 17:5:8Acts.17.5.W8TAB

ἀγοραίων

agoraiôn

of the marketplace

Transliteration
a-go-RAI-ôn
Extended
ah-goh-RAI-ohn
IPA
/a.goˈrai.ɔːn/

Meaning by language

English
of the marketplace

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Result
ἀ + γο + ραί + ων
a + go + rai + ôn
agoraiôn

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Gammagh — guttural
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Rhor — rolled r
Alphaah — as in father
Iotai — as in machine
Omegao — same as omicron
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-go-RAI-ôn

  2. 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.

Root and etymology

agoraalpha–gamma–omicron–rho–alpha

marketplace, public square

In contextActs 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 17:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 17:5, so the Greek word ἀγοραίων (agoraiôn) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.5.W8.S1) and character.