Acts 18:2:29Acts.18.2.W29TAB
Ῥώμης
rhōmês
“Rome”
- Transliteration
- RHŌ-mês
- Extended
- hrôh-mêhs
- IPA
- /hrɔːˈmɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- Rome
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Alphabet Analysis
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
RHŌ-mês
- 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
The causal infinitive clause dià tò diatetachénaí Kláudiôn chōrízhesthai pás-tas toús Ioudaíous apó tês Rhṓmēs {διὰ τὸ διατεταχέναι Κλαύδιον χωρίζεσθαι πάντας τοὺς Ἰουδαίους ἀπὸ τῆς Ῥώμης | dià tò diatetachénaí Kláudiôn chōrízhesthai pás-tas toús Ioudaíous apó tês Rhṓmēs} explains why they had come, with Claudius as the infinitive subject and chōrízhesthai governing both ‘all the Jews’ and ‘from Rome’.
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 18:2:29 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 29 of Acts 18:2, so the Greek word Ῥώμης (rhōmês) 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.W29, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.2.W29.S1) and character.