Acts 20:4:17Acts.20.4.W17TAB
Ἀσιανοὶ
asianoi
“Asians”
- Transliteration
- a-si-a-NOI
- Extended
- ah-sih-ah-NOI
- IPA
- /a.si.aˈnoi/
Meaning by language
- English
- Asians
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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a-si-a-NOI
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sy-NEE-pe-to de au-TO SO-pa-tros PYR-rou be-ro-I-os thes-sa-lo-ni-KE-ōn de a-RI-star-khos KAI se-KOUN-dos KAI GA-yi-os der-BAI-os KAI ti-MO-the-os a-si-a-NOI de ty-khi-KOS KAI TRO-phi-mos
Exegesis
A final grouping is introduced by Asianoi {Ἀσιανοὶ | A-si-a-noí} ‘Asians’, again marking regional origin, followed by nominatives Tychikos {Τυχικὸς | Ty-chi-kós} and Trophimos {Τρόφιμος | Tró-phi-mos}, with de and kai maintaining the paratactic listing. In translation, the genitive origin phrases are rendered with prepositional expressions (“from Berea,” “from among the Thessalonians,” “from Asia”) to keep the companion groups clear, while the repeated conjunctions are preserved with “and” and mild punctuation breaks to reflect the Greek coordination without over-fragmenting the sentence.
In context — Acts 20:4
And Sopater son of Pyrrhus, a Berean, was accompanying him; and from among the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe and Timothy, and from Asia , Tychicus and Trophimus.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:4:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 20:4, so the Greek word Ἀσιανοὶ (asianoi) 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.20.4.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.4.W17.S1) and character.