Acts 2:7:11Acts.2.7.W11TAB

οἱ

hoi

the

Transliteration
hoi
Extended
hoi
IPA
/hoi/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    hoi

  2. sentence

    ek-HIS-tan-to de KAI e-THAU-ma-zon LE-gon-tes OUKH i-DOU PAN-tes hou-TOI EI-sin hoi la-LOUN-tes ga-li-LAI-oi

Exegesis

The predicate structure eisin hoi lalountes Galilaioi {εἰσιν οἱ λαλοῦντες Γαλιλαῖοι | eisin hoi laloûntes Galilaîoi} is literally ‘are the ones speaking Galileans’, where the article-participle construction hoi lalountes serves as a substantive description of the speakers, and Galilaioi identifies their regional origin. English shifts this to “all these who are speaking are Galileans” in sense, slightly adjusting word order while preserving the rhetorical emphasis on the surprising fact that such multilingual speech is coming from Galileans.

Root and etymology

Galilaiagamma–alpha–lambda–iota–lambda–alpha–iota–alpha

district of Galilee

In contextActs 2:7

And they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galileans ?”

About this coordinate

Acts 2:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 2:7, so the Greek word οἱ (hoi) 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.2.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.7.W11.S1) and character.