Acts 21:9:7Acts.21.9.W7TAB
προφητεύουσαι
prophêteuousai
“prophesying”
- Transliteration
- pro-phê-TEU-ou-sai
- Extended
- proh-phê-TEH-oo-oo-sai
- IPA
- /pro.pʰɛːˈteu̯.ou̯.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- prophesying
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pro-phê-TEU-ou-sai
- sentence
TOU-tōi de Ê-san thy-ga-TE-res TEs-sa-res par-THE-noi pro-phê-TEU-ou-sai
Exegesis
The appositional noun parthénoi {παρθένοι | parthénoi} ‘virgins’ further qualifies them, and the present active participle prophēteuousai {προφητεύουσαι | prophēteúousai} ‘prophesying’ functions attributively to denote ongoing activity. In the formal version, literal word order and a relative clause preserve the original structure, while the dynamic version renders the dative as ‘He had’ and the participle as a past tense verb for natural flow.
In context — Acts 21:9
But to this man there were four daughters , virgins, who were prophesying .
About this coordinate
Acts 21:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 21:9, so the Greek word προφητεύουσαι (prophêteuousai) 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.21.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.9.W7.S1) and character.