Acts 18:8:14Acts.18.8.W14TAB
πολλοὶ
polloi
“many”
- Transliteration
- pol-LOI
- Extended
- pohl-LOI
- IPA
- /polˈloi/
Meaning by language
- English
- many
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pol-LOI
- sentence
KRIS-pos de ho ar-khi-sy-NA-gō-gos e-PI-steu-sen tō KY-ree-ō syn HO-lō tō OI-kō au-TOU kai pol-LOI tōn ko-rin-THI-ōn a-KOU-on-tes e-PI-steu-on kai e-bap-TI-dzon-to
Exegesis
A coordinated clause follows with polloi {πολλοὶ | pol-LOI} as a new nominative subject, further specified by the genitive tôn Korinthiōn {τῶν Κορινθίων | tôn ko-rin-THÍ-ōn}, yielding “many of the Corinthians.”
In context — Acts 18:8
Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue , believed in the Lord along with his whole household; and many Corinthians, as they listened, believed and were being baptized.
About this coordinate
Acts 18:8:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Acts 18:8, so the Greek word πολλοὶ (polloi) 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.18.8.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.8.W14.S1) and character.