Acts 22:4:7Acts.22.4.W7TAB
θανάτου
thanatou
“death”
- Transliteration
- tha-NA-tou
- Extended
- thah-NAH-too
- IPA
- /tʰaˈna.tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- death
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Alphabet Analysis
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
tha-NA-tou
- sentence
hos TAU-tên tên ho-DON e-DI-ōk-sa A-khri tha-NA-tou des-MEU-ōn kai pa-ra-di-DOUS eis phy-la-KAS AN-dras te kai gy-NAI-kas
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase achri thanatou {ἄχρι θανάτου | á-chri tha-ná-tou} ‘up to death’ specifies the extreme limit of that persecution, modifying ediōxa and indicating that the campaign could and did result in death.
In context — Acts 22:4
I myself persecuted this Way as far as death, binding and handing over to prisons both men and women .
About this coordinate
Acts 22:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 22:4, so the Greek word θανάτου (thanatou) 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.22.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.4.W7.S1) and character.