Acts 18:23:16Acts.18.23.W16TAB
μαθητάς
mathêtas
“disciples”
- Transliteration
- ma-thê-TAS
- Extended
- mah-theh-TAHS
- IPA
- /ma.tʰɛːˈtas/
Meaning by language
- English
- disciples
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ma-thê-TAS
- sentence
KAI poi-Ê-sas KHRÓ-non ti-NA ek-ÊL-then di-er-KHO-me-nos ka-thek-SÊS tên ga-la-ti-KÊN KHÔ-ran KAI phry-GI-an stê-RI-zōn PAN-tas tous ma-thê-TAS
Exegesis
Finally, the present active participle stērizōn {στηρίζων | stērízōn} ‘strengthening’ signals the purpose of his journey, with the accusative pantas tous mathētas {πάντας τοὺς μαθητάς | pántas toús mathētás} ‘all the disciples’ identifying the recipients of his ministry. The sequence of participles yields a logical progression—background circumstance, departure, manner of travel, and ministerial purpose—rendered in English through subordinate clauses for time, manner, and purpose.
Root and etymology
manthanōmu–alpha–nu–theta–alpha–nu–omega
“to learn, be instructed”
In context — Acts 18:23
After he spent a period of time there, he left and traveled through the Galatian region and Phrygia in sequence, strengthening all the disciples .
About this coordinate
Acts 18:23:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 18:23, so the Greek word μαθητάς (mathêtas) 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.18.23.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.23.W16.S1) and character.