Acts 19:38:14Acts.19.38.W14TAB
ἀγοραῖοι
agoraioi
“courts”
- Transliteration
- a-go-RAI-oi
- Extended
- ah-goh-RAI-oi
- IPA
- /a.goˈrai.oi/
Meaning by language
- English
- courts
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
a-go-RAI-oi
- 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 following clause, agoraioi agontai {ἄγοραιοι ἄγονται | Ágoraioi ágontai}, uses an adjective substantivized in the plural with a passive verb to indicate that “court-days are being held” or “the courts are in session,” evoking the civic institution of the agora as judicial venue.
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 19:38:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Acts 19:38, so the Greek word ἀγοραῖοι (agoraioi) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.38.W14.S1) and character.