Acts 20:20:5Acts.20.20.W5TAB
συμφερόντων
sympherontôn
“profitable things”
- Transliteration
- sym-phe-RON-tôn
- Extended
- sym-pheh-ROHN-tohn
- IPA
- /sym.pʰeˈron.tɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- profitable things
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
sym-phe-RON-tôn
- sentence
hôs ou-DEN hy-pe-stei-LA-mên tôn sym-phe-RON-tôn tou mê a-naŋ-GEI-lai hy-MIN kai di-DAX-ai hy-MAS dê-mo-SI-a kai kat OI-kous
Exegesis
The genitive phrase tōn sympherontōn {τῶν συμφερόντων | tôn sympheróntōn} is a substantival participial construction, “the things that are profitable,” specifying the content of what might have been withheld.
In context — Acts 20:20
How I did not hold back anything that was profitable from declaring it to you and from teaching you publicly and from house to house.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 20:20, so the Greek word συμφερόντων (sympherontôn) 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.20.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.20.W5.S1) and character.