Acts 19:23:12Acts.19.23.W12TAB
ὁδοῦ
hodou
“Way”
- Transliteration
- ho-DOU
- Extended
- ho-DOO
- IPA
- /hoˈduː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Way
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ho-DOU
- sentence
e-GE-ne-to de ka-TA ton kai-RON e-KEI-non TA-ra-khos ouk o-LI-gos pe-RI tês ho-DOU
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase peri tēs hodou {περὶ τῆς Ὁδοῦ | pe-rí tês Ho-doû} clarifies the focus of the conflict: ‘concerning the Way,’ where hodos functions as a quasi-technical title for the early Christian movement. Word order in Greek moves from temporal setting to the arising of the disturbance and finally to its object, which is preserved in translation by beginning with the temporal marker and ending with the phrase about the Way, maintaining both emphasis and clarity.
In context — Acts 19:23
But during that time, there arose no small disturbance about the Way .
About this coordinate
Acts 19:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 19:23, so the Greek word ὁδοῦ (hodou) 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.19.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.23.W12.S1) and character.