Acts 20:38:10Acts.20.38.W10TAB
μέλλουσιν
mellousin
“they are about”
- Transliteration
- MEL-lou-sin
- Extended
- MEHL-loo-sihn
- IPA
- /ˈmel.lu.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- they are about
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
MEL-lou-sin
- sentence
o-dy-NO-me-noi MA-lis-ta e-PEE tôi LO-gôi hôi ei-REE-kei HO-ti ou-KE-ti MEL-lou-sin to PRO-sô-pon au-TOU the-ô-REIN pro-E-pem-pon de au-TON eis to PLOI-on
Exegesis
The content of that word is introduced by hoti {ὅτι | hóti} as indirect discourse: ouketi mellousin to prosōpon autou theōrein {οὐκέτι μέλλουσιν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ θεωρεῖν | oukéti mél-lousin tó prósōpon autoû theōreîn}, literally “they are no longer about to see His face,” where mellousin plus infinitive theōrein expresses a future expectation, and ouketi negates it as a permanent loss. The object to prosōpon autou places emphasis on the personal, relational aspect of parting.
In context — Acts 20:38
Grieving most of all because of the word which he had spoken, that they would no longer see his face. And they accompanied him to the ship.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:38:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Acts 20:38, so the Greek word μέλλουσιν (mellousin) 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.20.38.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.38.W10.S1) and character.