Acts 18:24:6Acts.18.24.W6TAB
Ἀλεξανδρεὺς
aleksandréus
“an Alexandrian”
- Transliteration
- a-lek-san-DRÉUS
- Extended
- ah-lehk-sahn-DRÉ-oo(s)
- IPA
- /a.lek.sanˈdreu̯s/
Meaning by language
- English
- an Alexandrian
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
a-lek-san-DRÉUS
- sentence
i-ou-da-EE-os DE tis a-pol-LÔS o-NO-ma-ti a-lek-san-DRÉUS tôi GE-nei a-NÊR LO-gi-os ka-TÊN-tê-sen eis E-phe-son dy-na-TOS ÔN en tais gra-PHAIS
Exegesis
Onomati {ὀνόματι | o-nó-ma-ti} functions as a dative of respect (“by name”), while Alexandreus {Ἀλεξανδρεὺς | A-le-xan-dreús} with tō genei {τῷ γένει | tō̂ gé-nei} signals his origin.
In context — Acts 18:24
Now Apollos, a Jew from Alexandria, an eloquent man, arrived in Ephesus; he was powerful in the Scriptures .
About this coordinate
Acts 18:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 18:24, so the Greek word Ἀλεξανδρεὺς (aleksandréus) 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.18.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.24.W6.S1) and character.