Acts 20:28:11Acts.20.28.W11TAB
πνεῦμα
pneuma
“Spirit”
- Transliteration
- PNEU-ma
- Extended
- PNEU-mah
- IPA
- /ˈpneu.ma/
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PNEU-ma
- sentence
pro-SE-khe-te he-au-TOIS kai pan-TEE tôi poim-NI-ôi en hôi hy-MAS to PNEU-ma to HA-gi-on E-the-to e-pi-SKO-pous poi-ma-NEIN tên ek-klê-SI-an tou the-OU hên pe-ri-e-poi-Ê-sa-to di-A tou HAI-ma-tos tou i-DI-ou
Exegesis
Its subject is to pneuma to hagion {τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον | tò pneû-ma tò há-gi-on} ‘the Holy Spirit,’ with etheto {ἔθετο | é-the-to} ‘appointed’ (aorist middle indicative) and episkopous {ἐπισκόπους | e-pi-skó-pous} ‘overseers’ as its object.
Root and etymology
pneōpi–nu–epsilon–omega
“to blow, breathe”
In context — Acts 20:28
Be vigilant toward yourselves and toward the entire flock in which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers to shepherd the church of God , which He obtained with His own blood.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:28:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 20:28, so the Greek word πνεῦμα (pneuma) 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.20.28.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.28.W11.S1) and character.