Acts 19:38:20Acts.19.38.W20TAB
ἀλλήλοις
allêlois
“against one another”
- Transliteration
- al-LÊ-lois
- Extended
- ahl-LÊ-lois
- IPA
- /alˈlɛː.lois/
Meaning by language
- English
- against one another
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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al-LÊ-lois
- 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 main directive is expressed in the third person imperative engaleitōsan allēlois {ἐγκαλεῖτωσαν ἀλλήλοις | engaleîtōsan allḗlois}, “let them bring charges against one another,” which channels the dispute away from public disorder into formal legal procedure. In translation, the conditional structure is preserved with an “if…then” sense, the forensic idioms are rendered with legal terminology such as “complaint,” “courts,” and “bring charges,” and the imperative force is kept via an explicit exhortation to use established judicial channels.
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 19:38:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Acts 19:38, so the Greek word ἀλλήλοις (allêlois) 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.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.38.W20.S1) and character.