Acts 20:24:7Acts.20.24.W7TAB
τιμίαν
timian
“precious”
- Transliteration
- ti-MI-an
- Extended
- tih-MEE-ahn
- IPA
- /tiˈmi.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- precious
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ti-MI-an
- sentence
al ou-de-NOS LO-gou poi-OU-mai tên psy-KHÊN ti-MI-an e-mau-TÔ hôs te-lei-Ô-sai ton DRO-mon mou KAI tên di-a-ko-NI-an hên E-la-bon pa-RA tou KY-ree-ou ee-ay-SOO di-a-mar-TY-ras-thai to eu-an-GE-li-on tês KHA-ri-tos tou the-OU
Exegesis
The main clause is oudenos logou poioumai ten psuchen timian emauto {οὐδενὸς λόγου ποιοῦμαι τὴν ψυχὴν τιμίαν ἐμαυτῷ}, where the idiom logou poioumai {λόγου ποιοῦμαι} “to make of account” expresses valuation.
The object ten psuchen timian emauto {τὴν ψυχὴν τιμίαν ἐμαυτῷ} “my life as precious to myself” makes explicit that it is his own life that is being relativized.
In context — Acts 20:24
But I do not consider my life precious to myself of any account, so that I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus , to testify to the gospel of the grace of God .
About this coordinate
Acts 20:24:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 20:24, so the Greek word τιμίαν (timian) 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.20.24.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.24.W7.S1) and character.