Acts 22:3:16Acts.22.3.W16TAB
παρὰ
para
“at”
- Transliteration
- pa-RA
- Extended
- pah-RAH
- IPA
- /paˈra/
Meaning by language
- English
- at
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
pa-RA
- sentence
e-GO EI-mi a-NÊR iou-da-I-os ge-gen-nê-ME-nos en tar-SÔ tês ki-li-KI-as a-na-te-thra-ME-nos de en tê PO-lei TAU-tê pa-RA tous PO-das ga-ma-li-ÊL pe-pai-deu-ME-nos ka-TA a-KRI-bei-an tou pa-TRÔ-i-ou NO-mou dzê-lô-TÊS hy-PAR-khōn tou the-OU ka-THŌS PAN-tes hy-MEIS ES-te SÊ-me-ron
Exegesis
The phrase para tous podas Gamaliēl {παρὰ τοὺς πόδας Γαμαλιήλ | parà toùs pódas Gamaliḗl} is an idiom for discipleship, depicting Paul as a formal student seated at a teacher's feet.
In context — Acts 22:3
I am a man, a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to the strictness of the ancestral law, being zealous for God , just as all of you are today .
About this coordinate
Acts 22:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 22:3, so the Greek word παρὰ (para) 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.22.3.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.3.W16.S1) and character.