Acts 20:22:7Acts.20.22.W7TAB
πνεύματι
pneumati
“Spirit”
- Transliteration
- PNEU-ma-ti
- Extended
- pneu-MAH-tih
- IPA
- /ˈpneu.ma.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- Spirit
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
PNEU-ma-ti
- sentence
KAI NYN i-doo de-de-ME-nos e-GÔ tÔI PNEU-ma-ti po-REU-o-mai eis i-e-rou-sa-LÊM ta en au-TÊI sy-nan-TÊ-son-ta moi MÊ ei-DÔS
Exegesis
The participial phrase dedemenos egō tō pneumati {δεδεμένος ἐγὼ τῷ πνεύματι | de-de-mé-nos egṓ tô pneú-mati} places the perfect passive participle first for emphasis, presenting Paul as one who stands in a continuing state of being “bound” in relation to the Spirit. The dative phrase tō pneumati functions as a dative of sphere or instrument, indicating that this binding occurs within, and by means of, the Spirit’s influence.
Root and etymology
pneōpi–nu–epsilon–omega
“to blow, breathe”
In context — Acts 20:22
And now, behold, I, having been bound in the Spirit , am going to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will meet me there.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 20:22, so the Greek word πνεύματι (pneumati) 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.20.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.22.W7.S1) and character.