Acts 2:17:19Acts.2.17.W19TAB
προφητεύσουσιν
prophêteusousin
“they will prophesy”
- Transliteration
- pro-phê-TEU-sou-sin
- Extended
- proh-phay-TEU-soo-sin
- IPA
- /pro.pʰɛːˈteu.su.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- they will prophesy
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pro-phê-TEU-sou-sin
- sentence
KAI ES-tai en TAIS es-KHA-tais hê-ME-rais LE-gei ho the-OS ek-khe-O a-PO tou pneu-ma-TOS mou e-PI PA-san SAR-ka KAI pro-phê-TEU-sou-sin hoi hy-oi hy-MON KAI hai thy-ga-TE-res hy-MON KAI hoi ne-a-NIS-koi hy-MON ho-RA-seis OP-son-tai KAI hoi pres-BY-te-roi hy-MON e-nyp-NI-ois e-nyp-ni-as-THÊ-son-tai
Exegesis
The first result is propheteusousin hoi huioi humon kai hai thugateres humon {προφητεύσουσιν οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες ὑμῶν | pro-phē-TEU-sou-sin hoi hu-ioí hy-môn kai hai thu-ga-TÉ-res hy-môn} “your sons and your daughters will prophesy,” where the subject groups are coordinated by kai and placed after the verb, allowing the focus to fall first on the charismatic activity “will prophesy.”
In context — Acts 2:17
And it will be in the last days, says God , I will pour out from My Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy , and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
About this coordinate
Acts 2:17:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Acts 2:17, so the Greek word προφητεύσουσιν (prophêteusousin) 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.2.17.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.17.W19.S1) and character.