Acts 2:40:4Acts.2.40.W4TAB
πλείοσιν
pleiosin
“more”
- Transliteration
- PLEI-o-sin
- Extended
- PLEI-oh-sihn
- IPA
- /ˈplei.o.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- more
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
PLEI-o-sin
- sentence
he-TE-rois te LO-gois PLEI-o-sin di-e-mar-TY-ra-to kai pa-re-KA-lei au-TOUS LE-gōn SŌ-thē-te a-PO tês ge-ne-AS tês sko-li-AS TAU-tēs
Exegesis
The verse opens with the dative phrase heterois te logois pleiosin {ἑτέροις τε λόγοις πλείοσιν | hetérois te lógōis pleíosin} ‘with many other words,’ where the dative expresses instrument or attendant circumstance, emphasizing the extended and varied nature of Peter’s speech.
In context — Acts 2:40
And with many other words he testified and was exhorting them, saying, “Be saved from this crooked generation .”
About this coordinate
Acts 2:40:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 2:40, so the Greek word πλείοσιν (pleiosin) 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.2.40.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.40.W4.S1) and character.