Acts 19:40:17Acts.19.40.W17TAB
λόγον
logon
“an account”
- Transliteration
- LO-gon
- Extended
- LOH-gohn
- IPA
- /ˈlo.gon/
Meaning by language
- English
- an account
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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
- 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
- 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
legōlambda–epsilon–gamma–omega
“to say, speak, set forth”
In context — Acts 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 19:40:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 19:40, 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.19.40.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.40.W17.S1) and character.