Acts 17:7:9Acts.17.7.W9TAB
δογμάτων
dogmatōn
“decrees”
- Transliteration
- dog-MA-tōn
- Extended
- dohg-MAH-tohn
- IPA
- /dogˈma.tɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- decrees
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dog-MA-tōn
- sentence
hous hy-po-DE-dek-tai i-A-sōn kai HOU-toi PAN-tes a-PE-nan-ti tôn dog-MA-tōn KAI-sa-ros PRAS-sou-si ba-si-LE-a HE-te-ron LE-gon-tes EI-nai ee-ay-SOON
Exegesis
The preposition apenanti {ἀπέναντι | a-pé-nan-ti} ‘against’ governs the genitive phrase ton dogmaton Kaisaros {τῶν δογμάτων Καίσαρος | tôn dog-má-ton Kaí-sa-ros}, framing the charge as direct opposition to the official decrees of Caesar.
Root and etymology
dokeodelta–omicron–kappa–epsilon–omega
“to think, to suppose, to seem”
In context — Acts 17:7
Whom Jason has received, and these all are acting against the decrees of Caesar , saying there is another king, Jesus .
About this coordinate
Acts 17:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 17:7, so the Greek word δογμάτων (dogmatōn) 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.17.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.7.W9.S1) and character.