Acts 19:13:23Acts.19.13.W23TAB
ὁρκίζω
horkidzô
“I adjure”
- Transliteration
- hor-KI-dzô
- Extended
- hohr-KIH-dzoh
- IPA
- /horˈki.dzɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I adjure
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
hor-KI-dzô
- sentence
e-pe-KHEE-rê-san de TI-nes KAI tôn pe-ri-er-kho-ME-nôn i-ou-da-I-ôn ek-sor-ki-STÔN o-no-MA-dzein e-PI tous E-khon-tas ta PNEU-ma-ta ta po-nê-RA to O-no-ma tou KY-ree-ou ee-ay-SOO LE-gon-tes hor-KI-dzô hy-MAS ton ee-ay-SOON hon PAU-los kê-RYSS-sei
Exegesis
The main speech verb horkizō {Ὁρκίζω | Hor-kí-zō} is first person singular, forming a formal adjuration formula, while hymas {ὑμᾶς | hy-mâs} identifies the addressed spirits.
In context — Acts 19:13
But some also of the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.”
About this coordinate
Acts 19:13:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Acts 19:13, so the Greek word ὁρκίζω (horkidzô) 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.19.13.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.13.W23.S1) and character.