Acts 19:38:13Acts.19.38.W13TAB
λόγον
logon
“complaint”
- Transliteration
- LO-gon
- Extended
- LOH-gohn
- IPA
- /ˈlo.gon/
Meaning by language
- English
- complaint
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
LO-gon
- sentence
ei MEN OUN dê-MEE-tri-os KAI hoi SYN au-TOI tekh-NEE-tai E-khou-sin pros TI-na LO-gon a-go-RAI-oi A-gon-tai KAI an-THY-pa-TOI ei-SEEN en-ga-LEI-tō-san al-LÊ-lois
Exegesis
The verb phrase ekhousin pros tina logon {ἔχουσιν πρὸς τινα λόγον | Ékhousin pròs tína ló-gon} uses the idiom “to have a logon against someone,” a technical forensic expression meaning to possess a matter of accusation or formal complaint directed toward a person.
Root and etymology
legōlambda–epsilon–gamma–omega
“to say, speak, set forth”
In context — Acts 19:38
If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen with him have a complaint against anyone, the courts are in session, and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another.
About this coordinate
Acts 19:38:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 19:38, so the Greek word λόγον (logon) 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.19.38.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.38.W13.S1) and character.