Acts 2:13:3Acts.2.13.W3TAB
διαχλευάζοντες
diakhlevazontes
“mocking”
- Transliteration
- di-a-khlev-A-zon-tes
- Extended
- dee-ah-kheh-leh-VAH-zohn-tehs
- IPA
- /di.a.kʰleˈwa.zon.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- mocking
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
di-a-khlev-A-zon-tes
- sentence
HE-te-roi de di-a-khlev-A-zon-tes E-le-gon HO-ti GLEU-kous me-mes-tô-ME-noi ei-SEEN
Exegesis
The participle diachleuazontes {διαχλευάζοντες | di-akh-leu-Á-zon-tes} functions as a circumstantial participle modifying the subject, characterizing these “others” as engaged in mocking while they speak.
In context — Acts 2:13
But others, mocking , were saying, “They are filled with new wine .”
About this coordinate
Acts 2:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 2:13, so the Greek word διαχλευάζοντες (diakhlevazontes) 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.2.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.13.W3.S1) and character.