Acts 18:10:20Acts.18.10.W20TAB
πόλει
polei
“city”
- Transliteration
- PO-lei
- Extended
- POH-leh
- IPA
- /ˈpo.lei/
Meaning by language
- English
- city
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
PO-lei
- sentence
di-O-ti e-GÔ EI-mi me-TA sou KAI ou-de-EIS e-pi-THEE-se-TAI soi tou ka-KÔ-sai se di-O-ti la-OS es-TI moi po-LYS en têi PO-lei TAU-têi
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase en tē polei tautē {ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ | en tê pó-lei taú-tê} specifies location ‘in this city,’ connecting the promise of protection to Paul’s place of ministry. Causal conjunctions are rendered as “for” or “because,” the articular infinitive as English purpose phrases, and the dative of possession with “I have” and “belong to Me” to convey relational ownership.
In context — Acts 18:10
For I am with you, and no one will lay hands on you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.
About this coordinate
Acts 18:10:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Acts 18:10, so the Greek word πόλει (polei) 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.18.10.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.10.W20.S1) and character.