Acts 2:7:6Acts.2.7.W6TAB
Οὐχ
oukh
“not”
- Transliteration
- OUKH
- Extended
- OO-kh
- IPA
- /uːkʰ/
Meaning by language
- English
- not
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach |
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Word in context
- word
OUKH
- 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 rhetorical question begins with the negative particle Oukh {Οὐχ | Oúkh} ‘not’, followed by the exclamatory idou {ἰδοὺ | idoú} ‘behold’, creating an emphatic, incredulous tone.
In context — Acts 2:7
And they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galileans ?”
About this coordinate
Acts 2:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 2:7, so the Greek word Οὐχ (oukh) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.7.W6.S1) and character.