Acts 18:11:7Acts.18.11.W7TAB
διδάσκων
didaskōn
“teaching”
- Transliteration
- di-DAS-kōn
- Extended
- dih-DAHS-kohn
- IPA
- /diˈdas.kɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- teaching
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
di-DAS-kōn
- sentence
e-KA-thi-sen de e-ni-au-TON KAI MÊ-nas HEX di-DAS-kōn en au-TOIS ton LO-gon tou the-OU
Exegesis
The present participle didaskon {διδάσκων | didáskōn} ‘teaching’ acts as a circumstantial participle of manner, describing the activity during that period, with its object logon tou theou {λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ | lógon toû theoû} ‘the word of God,’ where the genitive theou marks divine origin.
In context — Acts 18:11
So he remained there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
About this coordinate
Acts 18:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 18:11, so the Greek word διδάσκων (didaskōn) 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.18.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.11.W7.S1) and character.