Acts 21:16:18Acts.21.16.W18TAB
μαθητῇ
mathêtêi
“disciple”
- Transliteration
- ma-thê-TÊI
- Extended
- mah-thê-TÊI
- IPA
- /ma.tʰɛːˈtɛːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- disciple
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ma-thê-TÊI
- sentence
sy-NEEL-thon de KAI tôn ma-thê-TÔN a-PO kai-sa-REI-as SYN hê-MEEN A-gon-tes par hôi kse-nis-THÔ-men MNA-sô-NI TI-ni ky-PRI-ôi ar-kha-I-ôi ma-thê-TÊI
Exegesis
The dative series Mnasoni tini Kypriō archaiō mathētē {Μνάσωνί τινι Κυπρίῳ ἀρχαίῳ μαθητῇ | Mnásōni tini Kypríō archaíō mathētē} appositionally identifies the host as ‘Mnason, a certain Cypriot and early disciple’, with archaiō emphasizing his status as one of the first believers. In translation, the participle and relative structures are rendered as coordinated descriptive clauses to preserve sequence and to convey the purpose and relationships of the original Greek.
Root and etymology
manthanōmu–alpha–nu–theta–alpha–nu–omega
“to learn, to be instructed”
In context — Acts 21:16
Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us, bringing us to Mnason, a Cypriot and an early disciple, with whom we might stay .
About this coordinate
Acts 21:16:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 21:16, so the Greek word μαθητῇ (mathêtêi) 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.21.16.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.16.W18.S1) and character.