Acts 22:6:16Acts.22.6.W16TAB
φῶς
phōs
“light”
- Transliteration
- PHŌS
- Extended
- PHÔS
- IPA
- /pʰɔːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- light
Alphabet Analysis
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
PHŌS
- sentence
e-GE-ne-to DE moi po-reu-o-ME-nō KAI en-GI-zon-ti tê da-mas-KÔ pe-RI me-sēm-BRI-an ek-SAIPH-nēs ek tou ou-ra-NOU pe-ri-a-STRAP-sai PHŌS hi-ka-NON pe-RI e-ME
Exegesis
Its subject is phōs hikanon {φῶς ἱκανὸν | phôs hikanón} “a great light,” with hikanon intensifying the magnitude of the light.
Root and etymology
phosphi–omega–sigma
“light, radiance”
In context — Acts 22:6
But it happened to me, as I was traveling and drawing near to Damascus about noon, that suddenly from heaven a great light flashed around me.
About this coordinate
Acts 22:6:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 22:6, so the Greek word φῶς (phōs) 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.22.6.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.6.W16.S1) and character.