Acts 21:39:13Acts.21.39.W13TAB
οὐκ
ouk
“not”
- Transliteration
- ouk
- Extended
- oo(k)
- IPA
- /uːk/
Meaning by language
- English
- not
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite |
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Word in context
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ouk
- sentence
EI-pen de ho PAU-los e-GÔ AN-thrô-pos MEN EI-mi iou-DAI-os tar-SEUS tês ki-li-KI-as ouk a-SÊ-mou PO-le-ôs po-LI-tês DE-o-mai DE sou e-PI-trep-SON moi la-LÊ-sai pros ton la-ON
Exegesis
Employing litotes, ouk {οὐκ | ouk} asemou {ἀσήμου | asḗ-mou} poleos {πόλεως | pó-le-ōs} polites {πολίτης | po-lí-tēs} modestly asserts the prominence of his civic standing.
In context — Acts 21:39
But Paul said, “I am a man, a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, and a citizen of no insignificant city. I beseech you; allow me to speak to the crowd .”
About this coordinate
Acts 21:39:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 21:39, so the Greek word οὐκ (ouk) 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.21.39.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.39.W13.S1) and character.