Acts 2:9:3Acts.2.9.W3TAB
Μῆδοι
mêdoi
“Medes”
- Transliteration
- MÊ-doi
- Extended
- MAY-doi
- IPA
- /ˈmɛː.doi/
Meaning by language
- English
- Medes
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
MÊ-doi
- sentence
PAR-thoi KAI MÊ-doi KAI e-la-MI-tai KAI hoi ka-toi-KOUN-tes tên me-so-po-ta-MI-an i-ou-da-I-an te KAI kap-pa-do-KI-an PON-ton KAI tên a-SI-an
Exegesis
It begins with three coordinated ethnic designations in the nominative, Parthoi {Πάρθοι | Pár-thoi}, Mēdoi {Μῆδοι | Mê-doi}, and Elamitai {Ἐλαμῖται | E-la-mî-tai}, linked by repeated kai {καὶ | kaí} “and,” which gives a rhythmic, accumulative effect.
In context — Acts 2:9
Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those who dwell in Mesopotamia , Judea also and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia.
About this coordinate
Acts 2:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 2:9, so the Greek word Μῆδοι (mêdoi) 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.2.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.9.W3.S1) and character.