Acts 21:38:2Acts.21.38.W2TAB
ἄρα
ara
“then”
- Transliteration
- A-ra
- Extended
- AH-rah
- IPA
- /ˈa.ra/
Meaning by language
- English
- then
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
A-ra
- sentence
ouk A-ra sy ei ho ai-GYP-ti-os ho pro TOU-tōn tōn hê-me-RŌN a-na-sta-TŌ-sas kai eks-a-ga-GŌN eis tēn E-rē-mon tous te-tra-kis-khi-LI-ous AN-dras tōn si-ka-RI-ōn
Exegesis
The verse begins with the negative particle ouk {οὐκ | oûk} ‘not’ combined with the inferential particle ara {ἄρα | ára} ‘then’, forming a rhetorical question that expects confirmation.
Root and etymology
kaleōkappa–alpha–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to call alongside, urge, encourage”
In context — Acts 21:38
Are you not, then, the Egyptian who, before these days, stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Sicarii out into the wilderness?
About this coordinate
Acts 21:38:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 21:38, so the Greek word ἄρα (ara) 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.21.38.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.38.W2.S1) and character.