Acts 20:17:12Acts.20.17.W12TAB
ἐκκλησίας
ekklêsias
“church”
- Transliteration
- ek-klê-SI-as
- Extended
- ehk-kleh-SEE-ahs
- IPA
- /ek.klɛːˈsi.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- church
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ek-klê-SI-as
- sentence
a-PO de tês mi-LEE-tou PEM-psas eis E-phe-son me-te-ka-LE-sa-to tous pres-by-TE-rous tês ek-klê-SI-as
Exegesis
The object phrase tous presbyterous tes ekklesias {τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τῆς ἐκκλησίας | toûs presbytérous tês ekklēsías} ‘the elders of the church’ uses an accusative noun phrase defined by a genitive to specify the local leadership group. Greek word order places the participle before the finite verb to highlight the sequence of events, which is mirrored in English through a subordinate temporal clause.
Root and etymology
ekkaleōepsilon–kappa–kappa–alpha–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to call out, summon”
In context — Acts 20:17
From Miletus, having sent to Ephesus , he summoned the elders of the church.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 20:17, so the Greek word ἐκκλησίας (ekklêsias) 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.20.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.17.W12.S1) and character.