Acts 21:34:5Acts.21.34.W5TAB
ἐπεφώνουν
epephonoun
“were shouting”
- Transliteration
- e-pe-PHO-noun
- Extended
- eh-peh-PHOH-noon
- IPA
- /e.peˈpʰɔː.nun/
Meaning by language
- English
- were shouting
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
e-pe-PHO-noun
- 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 verse begins with the contrastive construction alloi de {ἄλλοι δὲ | álloi dè} ‘but others’, which sets up parallel, conflicting shouts in allo ti epephōnoun {ἄλλο τι ἐπεφώνουν | állo ti epephōnoun} ‘they were shouting some other thing’.
Root and etymology
epiphoneōepsilon–pi–iota–phi–omega–nu–epsilon–omega
“to shout aloud”
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 21:34:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 21:34, so the Greek word ἐπεφώνουν (epephonoun) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.34.W5.S1) and character.