Acts 18:17:16Acts.18.17.W16TAB
ἔμελεν
emelen
“it mattered”
- Transliteration
- E-me-len
- Extended
- EH-meh-lehn
- IPA
- /ˈe.me.len/
Meaning by language
- English
- it mattered
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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E-me-len
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e-pi-la-BO-me-noi de PAN-tes sōs-THE-nen ton ar-khi-sy-NA-gō-gon E-ty-pton EM-pros-then tou BÊ-ma-tos KAI ou-DEN TOU-tōn tō gal-LI-ō-ni E-me-len
Exegesis
The imperfect emelen {ἔμελεν | émelen} ‘was a concern’ portrays Gallio’s settled indifference. This structure marks a sharp contrast between public violence and official passivity in a Roman legal context.
In context — Acts 18:17
Then all of them seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue , and they were beating him in front of the judgment seat . Yet none of these things was a concern to Gallio.
About this coordinate
Acts 18:17:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 18:17, so the Greek word ἔμελεν (emelen) 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.18.17.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.17.W16.S1) and character.