Acts 18:8:17Acts.18.8.W17TAB
ἀκούοντες
akouontes
“hearing”
- Transliteration
- a-KOU-on-tes
- Extended
- ah-KOO-ohn-tehs
- IPA
- /aˈkuː.on.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- hearing
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
a-KOU-on-tes
- 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
The participle akouontes {ἀκούοντες | a-KÚ-on-tes} is circumstantial, most naturally temporal (“as they were hearing”), and it precedes the main imperfect verbs episteuon {ἐπίστευον | e-PÍ-steu-on} and ebaptizonto {ἐβαπτίζοντο | e-bap-TÍ-zon-to}. These two imperfects depict an ongoing or iterative pattern: as the Corinthians continued to hear the message, they were repeatedly coming to faith and undergoing baptism. The sequence—Crispus’s decisive belief with his household, followed by the continuing response of many Corinthians—creates a narrative flow that moves from a representative leader’s conversion to a broader communal movement.
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 18:8:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 18:8, so the Greek word ἀκούοντες (akouontes) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.8.W17.S1) and character.