Acts 19:24:12Acts.19.24.W12TAB
τεχνίταις
tekhnitais
“craftsmen”
- Transliteration
- te-khni-TAIS
- Extended
- teh-khnih-TAIS
- IPA
- /tekʰ.niˈtais/
Meaning by language
- English
- craftsmen
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
te-khni-TAIS
- 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 dative phrase tois technitais {τοῖς τεχνίταις | tois tekhnítais} marks the beneficiaries, a defined group of craftsmen, likely a trade association.
Root and etymology
tekhnētau–epsilon–chi–nu–eta
“art, craft, skill”
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 19:24:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 19:24, so the Greek word τεχνίταις (tekhnitais) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.24.W12.S1) and character.