Acts 20:4:6Acts.20.4.W6TAB
Βεροιαῖος
beroios
“a Berean”
- Transliteration
- be-ro-I-os
- Extended
- beh-roh-I-ohs
- IPA
- /be.roiˈai.os/
Meaning by language
- English
- a Berean
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
be-ro-I-os
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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
The subject is then specified by the nominative Sōpatros {Σώπατρος | Sṓ-pa-tros}, followed by the genitive Pyrrou {Πύρρου | Pýr-rou} in a patronymic construction, indicating “son of Pyrrhus,” and the adjectival Beroiaios {Βεροιαῖος | Be-roi-ai-os} used substantivally to mark origin, “a Berean.”
Root and etymology
BeroiaBé-roi-a
“one from Berea”
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 20:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 20:4, so the Greek word Βεροιαῖος (beroios) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.4.W6.S1) and character.