Acts 19:11:11Acts.19.11.W11TAB
χειρῶν
kheirôn
“hands”
- Transliteration
- khei-RÔN
- Extended
- kheh-ROHN
- IPA
- /kʰeiˈrɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- hands
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
khei-RÔN
- sentence
dy-NA-meis te ou tas ty-KHOU-sas ho the-OS e-POI-ei di-A tôn khei-RÔN PAU-lou
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase dia ton kheiron Paulou {διὰ τῶν χειρῶν Παύλου | di-à tôn khei-rôn Paú-lou} uses dia with the genitive to express means or agency “through the hands of Paul,” with the genitive chain ton kheiron Paulou indicating that Paul’s hands are the instrumental channel of divine activity. In translation, the fronted subject “powers/miracles” is brought into a more typical English position after the verb to maintain natural syntax, while the idiom “not the usual” is rendered as “not ordinary” or “extraordinary” to convey the qualitative contrast implied by the participle tychousas.
Root and etymology
cheirchi–epsilon–iota–rho
“hand”
In context — Acts 19:11
And God was doing miracles that were not ordinary through the hands of Paul .
About this coordinate
Acts 19:11:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 19:11, so the Greek word χειρῶν (kheirôn) 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.19.11.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.11.W11.S1) and character.