Acts 19:40:13Acts.19.40.W13TAB

οὗ

hou

which

Transliteration
hou
Extended
hoo
IPA
/huː/

Meaning by language

English
which

Alphabet Analysis

Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    hou

  2. phraseyour reading level

    pe-RI hou ou dy-nê-SO-me-tha a-po-DOU-nai LO-gon pe-RI tês sy-stro-PHÊS TAU-tês

  3. sentence

    KAI GAR kin-dy-NEU-o-men en-ga-LEIS-thai STA-se-ōs pe-RI tês SÊ-me-ron mê-de-NOS ai-TI-ou hy-PAR-khon-tos pe-RI hou ou dy-nê-SO-me-tha a-po-DOU-nai LO-gon pe-RI tês sy-stro-PHÊS TAU-tês

Exegesis

The relative clause peri hou ou dunesometha apodounai logon {περὶ οὗ οὐ δυνησόμεθα ἀποδοῦναι λόγον | pe-rì hoû ou dy-nē-só-me-tha a-po-doû-nai ló-gon} refers back to the situation just described, with peri marking the matter ‘about which’ they will be unable to ‘give an account’.

Root and etymology

Iōannēsiō-annēs

Yahweh is gracious

In contextActs 19:40

For we are in danger of being accused of a riot concerning what has happened today, with no cause existing, about which we will not be able to give an account regarding this disturbance .

About this coordinate

Acts 19:40:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 19:40, so the Greek word οὗ (hou) 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.19.40.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.40.W13.S1) and character.