Acts 22:5:16Acts.22.5.W16TAB
πρὸς
pros
“to”
- Transliteration
- pros
- Extended
- prohs
- IPA
- /pros/
Meaning by language
- English
- to
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| 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
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pros
- sentence
hôs KAI ho ar-khi-e-REUS mar-ty-REI moi KAI PAN to pres-by-TE-ri-on par hôn KAI e-pis-to-LAS de-KSA-me-nos pros tous a-del-PHOUS eis da-mas-KON e-po-reu-O-me-n A-ksōn KAI tous e-KEI-se ON-tas de-de-ME-nous eis ie-rou-sa-LÊM HI-na ti-mō-rê-thô-sin
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase pros tous adelphous {πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς | pròs toús adelphoús} identifies the letter recipients, and eis Damaskon {εἰς Δαμασκὸν | eis Damaskón} locates his journey’s destination.
In context — Acts 22:5
As the high priest and all the council of elders bear witness to me, from whom also, having received letters to the brothers, I was journeying to Damascus to bring even those who were there, having been bound, to Jerusalem so that they might be punished .
About this coordinate
Acts 22:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 22:5, so the Greek word πρὸς (pros) 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.22.5.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.5.W16.S1) and character.