Acts 18:26:4Acts.18.26.W4TAB

παρρησιάζεσθαι

parrhêsiadzesthai

to speak boldly

Transliteration
par-rhê-si-A-dze-s-thai
Extended
pahr-rhɛɛ-sih-AH-dzehs-tʰai
IPA
/par.rɛː.siˈa.dze.s.tʰai/

Meaning by language

English
to speak boldly

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Result
παρ + ρη + σι + ά + ζε + σθα + ι
par + rhê + si + a + dze + s + thai
parrhêsiadzesthai

Alphabet Analysis

Pip — as in pet
Alphaah — as in father
Rhor — rolled r
Rhor — rolled r
Etai — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Iotai — as in machine
Alphaah — as in father
Zetaz — as in daze
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Sigmas — as in sit
Thetath — as in thin
Alphaah — as in father
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    par-rhê-si-A-dze-s-thai

  2. 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 verse opens with the demonstrative houtos {οὗτός | hoû-tos} and the enclitic te {τε | te} framing the main verb erxato {ἤρξατο | ḗ-rx-a-to}, “began,” which is complemented by the infinitive parresiazesthai {παρρησιάζεσθαι | parrē-sí-az-es-thai}, “to speak boldly.”

Root and etymology

parrēsíapi–alpha–rho–rho–eta–sigma–iota–alpha

boldness in speech

In contextActs 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 18:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 18:26, so the Greek word παρρησιάζεσθαι (parrhêsiadzesthai) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.26.W4.S1) and character.