Acts 20:28:6Acts.20.28.W6TAB
ποιμνίῳ
poimniôi
“flock”
- Transliteration
- poim-NI-ôi
- Extended
- poim-NIH-oi
- IPA
- /poimˈni.oi/
Meaning by language
- English
- flock
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
poim-NI-ôi
- 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
It governs two coordinated dative complements, heautois {ἑαυτοῖς | he-au-toîs} ‘to yourselves’ and panti tō poimniō {παντὶ τῷ ποιμνίῳ | pan-tí tô poi-mní-ō} ‘to all the flock,’ highlighting individual and communal watchfulness.
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 20:28:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 20:28, so the Greek word ποιμνίῳ (poimniôi) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.28.W6.S1) and character.