Acts 20:30:7Acts.20.30.W7TAB
λαλοῦντες
lalountes
“speaking”
- Transliteration
- la-LOUN-tes
- Extended
- lah-LOO-ntehs
- IPA
- /laˈluːn.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- speaking
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-LOUN-tes
- sentence
KAI eks hy-MÔN au-TÔN a-na-STÊ-son-tai AN-dres la-LOUN-tes di-es-tra-ME-na tou a-po-SPÂN tous ma-thê-TAS o-PI-sô he-au-TÔN
Exegesis
The participial phrase lalountes diestrammena {λαλοῦντες διεστραμμένα | laloûntes diestramména} functions attributively, further characterizing these men as “speaking twisted things,” with the perfect passive participle indicating that the content has already been corrupted.
In context — Acts 20:30
And from among your own selves men will arise, speaking twisted things to draw away the disciples after themselves .
About this coordinate
Acts 20:30:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 20:30, so the Greek word λαλοῦντες (lalountes) 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.20.30.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.30.W7.S1) and character.