Acts 19:24:14Acts.19.24.W14TAB
ὀλίγην
oligên
“little”
- Transliteration
- o-LI-gên
- Extended
- oh-LIH-gehːn
- IPA
- /oˈli.ɣɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- little
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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o-LI-gên
- 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 litotic expression ouk oligēn {οὐκ ὀλίγην | ouk olígēn} modifies ergasian {ἐργασίαν | ergasían}, intensifying the idea of gain as “not a little,” that is, considerable profit. In translation, the participle poiōn is turned into a relative clause (“who made”) to maintain natural English flow, and the litotes is retained as “not a little” in formal style and rendered as “quite a bit” in dynamic style to convey idiomatic force.
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 19:24:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Acts 19:24, so the Greek word ὀλίγην (oligên) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.24.W14.S1) and character.