Acts 20:3:8Acts.20.3.W8TAB
ὑπὸ
hypo
“by”
- Transliteration
- hy-PO
- Extended
- hyoo-POH
- IPA
- /hyˈpo/
Meaning by language
- English
- by
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Alphabet Analysis
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
- word
hy-PO
- 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
A genitive absolute, genomenes epiboules auto hypo ton Ioudaiōn {γενομένης ἐπιβουλῆς αὐτῷ ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων | genoménēs epiboulês autō̂ hypò tôn Ioudaíōn}, introduces a circumstantial situation, most naturally temporal with causal overtones: “when a plot was made against him by the Jews.”
Root and etymology
hypostrephōupsilon–pi–omicron–sigma–tau–rho–epsilon–phi–omega
“to return, turn back”
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 20:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 20:3, so the Greek word ὑπὸ (hypo) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.3.W8.S1) and character.