Acts 19:38:9Acts.19.38.W9TAB
τεχνῖται
tekhneetai
“craftsmen”
- Transliteration
- tekh-NEE-tai
- Extended
- tehkh-NEE-tai
- IPA
- /tekʰˈniː.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- craftsmen
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
tekh-NEE-tai
- 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 subject group Dēmētrios kai hoi syn autō tekhnitai {Δημήτριος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ τεχνῖται | Dēmḗtrios kaí hoi syn autô tekhnîtai} combines a named individual with a defining appositional phrase “the craftsmen with him,” presenting them as a collective party in the legal dispute.
Root and etymology
tekhnētau–epsilon–chi–nu–eta
“art, craft, skill”
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 19:38:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 19:38, so the Greek word τεχνῖται (tekhneetai) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.38.W9.S1) and character.