Acts 20:3:17Acts.20.3.W17TAB
γνώμης
gnômês
“a decision”
- Transliteration
- GNÔ-mês
- Extended
- GNOH-mehhs
- IPA
- /ˈgnɔː.mɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- a decision
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
GNÔ-mês
- sentence
poi-EE-sas te MÊ-nas TREIS ge-no-ME-nês e-pi-bou-LÊS au-TÔ hy-PO TÔN i-ou-dai-ÔN MEL-lon-ti a-NA-ges-thai eis tên sy-REE-an e-GE-ne-to GNÔ-mês tou hy-po-STRE-phein di-A ma-ke-do-NI-as
Exegesis
The idiom egeneto gnomes {ἐγένετο γνώμης | egéneto gnṓmēs} uses a middle verb with a genitive of content to express the emergence of a firm judgment, functioning as the main verbal idea, “he resolved” or “he decided.”
Root and etymology
gignoskogamma–iota–nu–omega–sigma–kappa–omega
“to know, recognize”
In context — Acts 20:3
After he had spent three months there, when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he resolved to return through Macedonia.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:3:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 20:3, so the Greek word γνώμης (gnômês) 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.20.3.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.3.W17.S1) and character.