Acts 2:47:7Acts.2.47.W7TAB
πρὸς
pros
“toward”
- Transliteration
- pros
- Extended
- prohs
- IPA
- /pros/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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pros
- sentence
ai-NOUN-tes ton the-ON KAI E-khon-tes KHA-rin pros HO-lon ton la-ON ho de KY-ree-os pro-se-TI-thei tous sɔː-dzo-ME-nous kath hê-ME-ran e-PI to au-TO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase pros holon ton laon {πρὸς ὅλον τὸν λαόν | pros hó-lon tón la-ón} ‘toward all the people’ indicates their positive stance with the wider populace.
In context — Acts 2:47
They were extolling God and enjoyed favor with all the people, and the Lord kept adding, day by day, those who were being saved to the same group.
About this coordinate
Acts 2:47:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 2:47, so the Greek word πρὸς (pros) 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.2.47.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.47.W7.S1) and character.