Acts 19:29:6Acts.19.29.W6TAB
συγχύσεως
synkhyseōs
“confusion”
- Transliteration
- syn-KHY-se-ōs
- Extended
- syn-KHY-seh-ôhs
- IPA
- /syŋˈkʰy.se.ɔːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- confusion
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
syn-KHY-se-ōs
- sentence
KAI e-PLÊS-thê hê PO-lis TÊS syn-KHY-se-ōs HÔR-mê-san te ho-mo-thy-ma-DON eis to THÉ-a-tron sy-nar-PA-san-tes GA-i-on KAI a-RI-star-khon ma-ke-DO-nas sy-nek-DÊE-mous PAU-lou
Exegesis
The genitive phrase tēs synchyseos {τῆς συγχύσεως | tês synchýseōs} functions as a descriptive genitive, specifying the kind of state that filled the city, namely confusion or turmoil.
Root and etymology
synchysissigma–upsilon–nu–gamma–chi–upsilon–sigma–iota–sigma
“mixing together, confusion”
In context — Acts 19:29
And the city was filled with confusion , and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, traveling companions of Paul .
About this coordinate
Acts 19:29:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 19:29, so the Greek word συγχύσεως (synkhyseōs) 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.19.29.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.29.W6.S1) and character.