Acts 19:24:1Acts.19.24.W1TAB
Δημήτριος
dêmêetrios
“Demetrius”
- Transliteration
- dê-MÊE-tri-os
- Extended
- deh-MÊE-trih-ohs
- IPA
- /dɛːˈmɛː.tri.os/
Meaning by language
- English
- Demetrius
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
dê-MÊE-tri-os
- sentence
dê-MÊE-tri-os gar tis o-NO-ma-ti ar-gy-ro-KO-pos poi-ÔN na-OUS ar-gy-ROUS ar-TE-mi-dos pa-REI-khe-to tois te-khni-TAIS ouk o-LI-gên er-ga-SI-an
Exegesis
The verse opens with the proper name Dēmētrios {Δημήτριος | Dēmḗtrios}, followed by the explanatory conjunction gar {γὰρ | gàr} introducing background information that explains the disturbance narrated in the surrounding context.
In context — Acts 19:24
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith , who made silver shrines of Artemis, was providing not a little profit to the craftsmen.
About this coordinate
Acts 19:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 19:24, so the Greek word Δημήτριος (dêmêetrios) 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.19.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.24.W1.S1) and character.