Acts 18:2:17Acts.18.2.W17TAB
γυναῖκα
gynaika
“wife”
- Transliteration
- gy-NAI-ka
- Extended
- gyoo-NAI-kah
- IPA
- /gyˈnai̯.ka/
Meaning by language
- English
- wife
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
gy-NAI-ka
- sentence
KAI heu-RON TI-na iou-DAI-on o-NO-ma-ti a-KY-lan pon-ti-KON tôi GE-nei pros-PHA-tōs e-lē-ly-THO-ta a-PO tês i-ta-LI-as KAI PRI-skil-lan gy-NAI-ka au-TOU di-A to di-a-te-ta-KHE-nai KLAU-di-on khō-RI-dze-sthai PAN-tas tous iou-DAI-ous a-PO tês RHŌ-mês pro-SÊL-then au-TOIS
Exegesis
Coordination with kaí Prískillan gynaîka autoû {καὶ Πρίσκιλλαν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ | kaí Prískillan gynaîka autoû} adds Priscilla as his wife.
In context — Acts 18:2
Paul found a Jew named Aquila , a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome, and he went to them.
About this coordinate
Acts 18:2:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 18:2, so the Greek word γυναῖκα (gynaika) 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.18.2.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.2.W17.S1) and character.