Acts 18:14:17Acts.18.14.W17TAB
ἀδίκημά
adikêma
“a wrongdoing”
- Transliteration
- a-di-kê-MA
- Extended
- ah-dee-KAY-MAH
- IPA
- /a.di.kɛːˈma/
Meaning by language
- English
- a wrongdoing
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
a-di-kê-MA
- sentence
MEL-lon-tos DE tou PAU-lou a-NOI-gein to STO-ma EI-pen ho GAL-li-ôn pros tous i-ou-da-IOUS ei MEN ÊN a-di-kê-MA ti Ê hra-di-OUR-gê-ma po-nê-RON Ô i-ou-DAI-oi ka-TA LO-gon AN a-ne-SKHO-mên hy-MÔN
Exegesis
The phrase adikēma ti ē rhadiourgēma ponēron {ἀδίκημά τι ἢ ῥᾳδιούργημα πονηρόν | a-dí-kē-ma ti ē rhā-di-our-gḗ-ma po-nē-rón} combines near-synonymous legal terms to heighten the charge’s severity.
Root and etymology
adikeōa-di-ké-ō
“to act unjustly”
In context — Acts 18:14
As Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, “If this were a case of wrongdoing or a serious evil act, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to bear with you.”
About this coordinate
Acts 18:14:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 18:14, so the Greek word ἀδίκημά (adikêma) 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.18.14.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.14.W17.S1) and character.