Acts 21:34:16Acts.21.34.W16TAB
διὰ
dia
“because of”
- Transliteration
- di-A
- Extended
- dee-AH
- IPA
- /diˈa/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
di-A
- sentence
AL-loi DE AL-lo ti e-pe-PHO-noun en tôi O-khloi MÊ dy-na-ME-nou DE au-TOU GNÔ-nai to a-spha-LES di-A ton THO-ry-bon e-KE-leu-sen A-ges-thai au-TON eis tên pa-rem-bo-LÊN
Exegesis
The nominalized adjective to asphalés {τὸ ἀσφαλὲς | tò asphalés} ‘the certainty’ denotes the reliable information sought, while dia ton thórybon {διὰ τὸν θόρυβον | diá tón thórybon} ‘because of the uproar’ identifies the barrier to clarity.
Root and etymology
idiosiota–delta–iota–omicron–sigma
“one’s own, private”
In context — Acts 21:34
Some in the crowd shouted one thing and others another; and since he could not learn what was certain because of the uproar , he commanded that he be taken into the barracks.
About this coordinate
Acts 21:34:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 21:34, so the Greek word διὰ (dia) 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.21.34.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.34.W16.S1) and character.