Acts 2:9:8Acts.2.9.W8TAB
κατοικοῦντες
katoikountes
“dwelling”
- Transliteration
- ka-toi-KOUN-tes
- Extended
- kah-toi-KOON-tehs
- IPA
- /ka.toiˈkuːn.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- dwelling
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-toi-KOUN-tes
- 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
The sequence then shifts to a substantival participial construction, hoi katoikountes {οἱ κατοικοῦντες | hoí ka-toi-koûn-tes} “those inhabiting,” where the article plus participle functions as a noun phrase.
Root and etymology
katoikeokappa–alpha–tau–omicron–iota–kappa–epsilon–omega
“to settle, dwell in a place”
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 2:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 2:9, so the Greek word κατοικοῦντες (katoikountes) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.9.W8.S1) and character.