Acts 19:35:12Acts.19.35.W12TAB
ἐστὶν
estin
“is”
- Transliteration
- es-TIN
- Extended
- ehs-TIHN
- IPA
- /esˈtin/
Meaning by language
- English
- is
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
es-TIN
- sentence
ka-ta-STEI-las de ho gram-ma-TEUS ton OKH-lon phê-SEEN AN-dres e-PHE-si-oi tis gar es-TIN an-THRÔ-pôn hos ou gi-NÔS-kei tên e-phe-SI-ôn PO-lin ne-ô-KO-ron OU-san tês me-GA-lês ar-TE-mi-dos kai tou di-o-pe-TOUS
Exegesis
The core of the speech is a rhetorical question: tis gar estin anthropos hos ou ginoskei {τίς γάρ ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὃς οὐ γινώσκει | tís gár estín ánthrōpos hos ou ginṓskei}. The interrogative tis functions with anthrōpos to mean ‘what person’, and the relative clause hos ou ginoskei ‘who does not know’ creates an expectation that the answer is “no one,” emphasizing the notoriety of the fact described.
In context — Acts 19:35
But after the scribe had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, who is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the temple-keeper of the great Artemis and of the thing that fell from Zeus?”
About this coordinate
Acts 19:35:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 19:35, so the Greek word ἐστὶν (estin) 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.19.35.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.35.W12.S1) and character.