Acts 19:9:12Acts.19.9.W12TAB
πλήθους
plêthous
“crowd”
- Transliteration
- PLÊ-thous
- Extended
- PLÊH-thoos
- IPA
- /ˈplɛː.tʰuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- crowd
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
PLÊ-thous
- sentence
hôs DE TI-nes e-sklê-RY-non-to KAI ê-PEI-thoun ka-ko-lo-GOUN-tes tên ho-DON e-NÔ-pi-on tou PLÊ-thous a-po-STAS ap au-TÔN a-PHÔ-ri-sen tous ma-thê-TAS kath hê-ME-ran di-a-le-GO-me-nos en têi skho-LÊI Ty-RAN-nou
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase enopion tou plethous {ἐνώπιον τοῦ πλήθους | enṓpion tou plḗthous} marks the public setting, heightening the seriousness of the opposition by locating it “before the crowd.”
In context — Acts 19:9
But when some were being hardened and were not believing, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he withdrew from them and separated the disciples, discussing daily in the school of Tyrannus .
About this coordinate
Acts 19:9:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 19:9, so the Greek word πλήθους (plêthous) 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.19.9.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.9.W12.S1) and character.