Acts 19:12:24Acts.19.12.W24TAB
πονηρὰ
ponêra
“evil”
- Transliteration
- po-nê-RA
- Extended
- poh-nêê-RAH
- IPA
- /po.nɛːˈra/
Meaning by language
- English
- evil
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
po-nê-RA
- sentence
HÔ-ste KAI e-PI tous as-the-NOUN-tas a-po-PHE-res-thai a-PO tou khro-TOS au-TOU sou-DA-ri-a Ê si-mi-KIN-thi-a KAI a-pal-LAS-ses-thai ap au-TÔN tas NO-sous TA te PNEU-ma-ta ta po-nê-RA ek-po-REU-es-thai
Exegesis
The correlative construction ta te pneumata ta ponēra {τά τε πνεύματα τὰ πονηρὰ | tá te pnéu-ma-ta tá po-nē-rá} uses te with repeated ta to coordinate the spirits, the evil ones as a second result, governed by ekporeuesthai {ἐκπορεύεσθαι | ek-po-reú-es-thai} to go out. Thus the syntax binds physical healing and spiritual deliverance into a single result of indirect contact with Paul’s body, which the translation mirrors by retaining parallel clauses.
In context — Acts 19:12
So that even to the sick , handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.
About this coordinate
Acts 19:12:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Acts 19:12, so the Greek word πονηρὰ (ponêra) 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.19.12.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.12.W24.S1) and character.