Acts 18:17:8Acts.18.17.W8TAB

ἔμπροσθεν

emprosthen

in front of

Transliteration
EM-pros-then
Extended
EM-prohs-thehn
IPA
/ˈem.pros.tʰen/

Meaning by language

English
in front of

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Result
ἔμ + προσ + θεν
em + pros + then
emprosthen

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Mum — as in mother
Pip — as in pet
Rhor — rolled r
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Sigmas — as in sit
Thetath — as in thin
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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  1. word

    EM-pros-then

  2. sentence

    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 prepositional phrase emprosthen tou bematos {ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ βήματος | émprosthen toû bḗmatos} ‘before the tribunal’ situates the violence in a public judicial setting.

In contextActs 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 18:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 18:17, so the Greek word ἔμπροσθεν (emprosthen) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.17.W8.S1) and character.