Acts 18:26:17Acts.18.26.W17TAB
ἀκριβέστερον
akribesteron
“more accurately”
- Transliteration
- a-kri-BE-ste-ron
- Extended
- ah-kri-BEH-steh-rohn
- IPA
- /a.kriˈbe.ste.ron/
Meaning by language
- English
- more accurately
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
a-kri-BE-ste-ron
- sentence
hou-TOS te ÊR-ksa-to par-rhê-si-A-dze-s-thai en tê sy-na-gô-GÊ a-KOU-san-tes de au-TOU PRIS-kil-la kai a-KY-las pro-se-LA-bon-to au-TON kai a-kri-BE-ste-ron au-TÔ ek-SE-then-to tên ho-DON tou the-OU
Exegesis
The comparative adverb akribesteron {ἀκριβέστερον | a-kri-bés-ter-on} modifies exethento to highlight the enhanced accuracy of their teaching about God’s way.
In context — Acts 18:26
He initiated a bold discourse in the synagogue, and when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they drew him aside and expounded the way of God to him with increased precision .
About this coordinate
Acts 18:26:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 18:26, so the Greek word ἀκριβέστερον (akribesteron) 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.18.26.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.26.W17.S1) and character.