Acts 22:20:8Acts.22.20.W8TAB
μάρτυρός
martyros
“witness”
- Transliteration
- MAR-ty-ros
- Extended
- MAHR-tyh-rohs
- IPA
- /ˈmar.ty.ros/
Meaning by language
- English
- witness
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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 | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
MAR-ty-ros
- sentence
kai HO-te ek-se-KHYNN-e-to to HAI-ma ste-PHA-nou tou MAR-ty-ros sou kai au-TOS Ê-men e-phe-STÔS kai sy-neu-do-KÔN kai phy-LAS-sôn ta hi-MA-ti-a tôn a-nai-ROUN-tôn au-TON
Exegesis
The subject of this clause is the articular noun phrase to haima Stephanou tou martyros sou {τὸ αἷμα Στεφάνου τοῦ μάρτυρός σου | tò haîma Stephánou toû mártyrós soú}, in which the genitives Stephanou and tou martyros sou are in apposition, identifying Stephen as “Your witness.”
In context — Acts 22:20
And when the blood of Stephen, Your witness , was being poured out, I Myself was standing by and consenting and guarding the garments of those who were killing him.
About this coordinate
Acts 22:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 22:20, so the Greek word μάρτυρός (martyros) 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.22.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.20.W8.S1) and character.