Acts 22:18:17Acts.22.18.W17TAB
μαρτυρίαν
martyrian
“testimony”
- Transliteration
- mar-ty-RI-an
- Extended
- mahr-tü-RIH-ah(n)
- IPA
- /mar.tyˈri.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- testimony
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mar-ty-RI-an
- sentence
KAI i-DEIN au-TON LE-gon-TA MOI SPEU-son KAI EK-sel-the en TA-khei eks ie-rou-sa-LEEM di-O-ti ou pa-ra-DEX-on-TAI sou mar-ty-RI-an pe-RI e-MOU
Exegesis
The genitive sou {σου | sou} ‘your’ modifies marturian {μαρτυρίαν | mar-tu-rí-an} ‘testimony,’ and peri {περὶ | perì} with emou {ἐμοῦ | e-mou} ‘about me’ specifies its content. English word order smooths the Greek sequence from seeing to speaking to commanding to causal explanation while preserving the narrative intensity.
Root and etymology
μάρτυςmu–alpha–rho–tau–upsilon–sigma
“witness, one who testifies”
In context — Acts 22:18
And I saw Him say to me, “Act quickly and leave Jerusalem at once, because they will not receive your testimony about Me.”
About this coordinate
Acts 22:18:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 22:18, so the Greek word μαρτυρίαν (martyrian) 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.22.18.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.18.W17.S1) and character.