Acts 20:38:2Acts.20.38.W2TAB
μάλιστα
malista
“most of all”
- Transliteration
- MA-lis-ta
- Extended
- MAH-lihs-tah
- IPA
- /ˈma.lis.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- most of all
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
MA-lis-ta
- 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 verse opens with the participial clause odynōmenoi malista {ὀδυνώμενοι μάλιστα | odynṓmenoi málista} ‘grieving most of all’, which sets the emotional frame and functions circumstantially with an implied subject carried over from the previous context.
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 20:38:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 20:38, so the Greek word μάλιστα (malista) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.38.W2.S1) and character.