Acts 22:17:8Acts.22.17.W8TAB
προσευχομένου
proseukhomenou
“praying”
- Transliteration
- pro-seu-kho-ME-nou
- Extended
- proh-seu-khoh-MEH-noo
- IPA
- /pro.seu.kʰoˈme.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- praying
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pro-seu-kho-ME-nou
- sentence
e-GHE-ne-to DE moi hy-po-STRE-psan-ti eis i-e-rou-sa-LÊM KAI pro-seu-kho-ME-nou mou en tôi hi-e-RÔI ge-NES-thai me en ek-STA-sei
Exegesis
The coordination kai {καὶ | kaí} introduces a genitive absolute-like construction, proseuchomenou mou {προσευχομένου μου | pro-seu-kho-mé-nou mou} “while I was praying,” which gives a simultaneous action and further situates the event.
Root and etymology
proseuchomaipi–rho–omicron–sigma–epsilon–upsilon–chi–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to pray, to petition”
In context — Acts 22:17
Now it happened to me, after I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I came to be in a trance .
About this coordinate
Acts 22:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 22:17, so the Greek word προσευχομένου (proseukhomenou) 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.22.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.17.W8.S1) and character.