Acts 18:6:13Acts.18.6.W13TAB
αἷμα
haima
“blood”
- Transliteration
- HAI-ma
- Extended
- HAI-mah
- IPA
- /ˈhai.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- blood
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
HAI-ma
- sentence
an-ti-tas-so-ME-nōn de au-TŌN kai blas-phê-MOUN-tōn ek-ti-na-KSA-me-nos ta hi-MA-ti-a EI-pen pros au-TOUS to HAI-ma hy-MŌN e-PI tên ke-pha-LÊN hy-MŌN ka-tha-ROS e-GŌ a-PO tou NYN eis ta ETH-nê po-REU-so-mai
Exegesis
In the direct speech, the fronted accusative haima {αἷμα | haîma} ‘blood’ plus epi tēn kephalēn hymōn {ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ὑμῶν | epí tḕn kephalḕn hymṓn} ‘upon your heads’ conveys personal liability.
Root and etymology
haīalpha–iota
“blood, life-blood”
In context — Acts 18:6
When they kept resisting and speaking against him, he shook out his clothes and said, “Your blood is on your own heads; I am clean . From this point on I will go to the Gentiles .”
About this coordinate
Acts 18:6:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 18:6, so the Greek word αἷμα (haima) 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.18.6.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.6.W13.S1) and character.