Acts 22:21:9Acts.22.21.W9TAB
ἔθνη
ethnê
“nations”
- Transliteration
- E-thnê
- Extended
- EHth-neh
- IPA
- /ˈe.tʰnɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- nations
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
E-thnê
- sentence
KAI EI-pen pros me po-REU-ou HO-ti e-GÔ eis E-thnê ma-KRAN ek-sa-po-ste-LÔ se
Exegesis
The directional phrase eis ethnē makran {εἰς ἔθνη μακρὰν | eis éth-nē ma-kràn} defines the mission’s distant scope.
Root and etymology
ethnosepsilon–theta–nu–omicron–sigma
“nation, people group”
In context — Acts 22:21
And He said to me, “Go, because I will send you far from here to the Gentiles .”
About this coordinate
Acts 22:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 22:21, so the Greek word ἔθνη (ethnê) 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.22.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.21.W9.S1) and character.