Acts 22:24:17Acts.22.24.W17TAB
αἰτίαν
aitian
“reason”
- Transliteration
- ai-TI-an
- Extended
- ai-TIH-ahn
- IPA
- /aiˈti.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- reason
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ai-TI-an
- sentence
e-KE-leu-sen ho khi-LEE-ar-khos ei-SA-ge-sthai au-TON eis tên pa-rem-bo-LÊN EI-pas MAS-ti-ksin a-ne-TA-ze-sthai au-TON HI-na e-pi-GNÔI di hên ai-TI-an HOU-tôs e-pe-PHÔ-noun au-TÔI
Exegesis
The purpose clause introduced by hina {ἵνα | hí-na} plus the aorist subjunctive epigno {ἐπιγνῷ | e-pi-gnṓ} expresses intention “to know,” while the relative clause di hen aitian {διʼ ἣν αἰτίαν | di hḗn ai-tí-an} identifies the formal charge that motivated epephonoun {ἐπεφώνουν | e-pe-phṓ-noun}, the imperfect verb conveying the crowd’s ongoing shouting autoi {αὐτῷ | au-tôi}. English phrasing preserves the sequence of finite, infinitival, and participial clauses to maintain clarity of agency, instrument, and purpose.
Root and etymology
aitiaalpha–iota–tau–iota–alpha
“cause, ground, accusation”
In context — Acts 22:24
The commander gave orders to take him into the barracks, and said that he should be questioned under the lash, so that he might learn the reason they were shouting at him like this.
About this coordinate
Acts 22:24:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 22:24, so the Greek word αἰτίαν (aitian) 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.22.24.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.24.W17.S1) and character.