Acts 19:28:9Acts.19.28.W9TAB
Μεγάλη
megalê
“Great”
- Transliteration
- me-GA-lê
- Extended
- meh-GAH-lê
- IPA
- /meˈga.lɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Great
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
me-GA-lê
- sentence
a-KOU-san-tes DE KAI ge-NO-me-noi PLÊ-rēs thy-MOU E-kra-zon LE-gon-tes me-GA-lê hē AR-te-mis e-phe-SI-ōn
Exegesis
The acclamation megale he Artemis Ephesion {Μεγάλη ἡ Ἄρτεμις Ἐφεσίων | Me-gá-lē hē Ár-te-mis E-phe-sí-ōn} is structured as a predicate adjective construction, with the adjective ‘great’ placed first for emphasis and the article marking ‘Artemis of the Ephesians’ as the subject. This word order highlights the greatness attributed to the deity and reflects a fixed cultic slogan. In translation, the participles are rendered as temporal clauses (“when they heard,” “had become”) to produce natural English while preserving the sequence of hearing, becoming enraged, and then shouting, and the chant is kept as a formal, set phrase to convey its liturgical, crowd-chant character.
In context — Acts 19:28
But when they heard this, and had become full of wrath , they began crying out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
About this coordinate
Acts 19:28:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 19:28, so the Greek word Μεγάλη (megalê) 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.19.28.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.28.W9.S1) and character.