Acts 22:8:1Acts.22.8.W1TAB
ἐγὼ
ego
“I”
- Transliteration
- e-GO
- Extended
- eh-GOH
- IPA
- /eˈɡo/
Meaning by language
- English
- I
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
e-GO
- sentence
e-GO de a-pe-KRI-thên TEES EI KY-ree-e ei-PEN te pros e-ME e-GO EI-mi ee-ay-SOOS ho na-zô-ra-IOS hon sy di-Ô-keis
Exegesis
The verse begins with the explicit subject pronoun ego {ἐγὼ | egō} ‘I’, followed by the connective de {δὲ | de} ‘but/and’ and the aorist verb apekrithen {ἀπεκρίθην | apekríthēn} ‘answered’, forming a typical narrative reporting clause.
The self-revelation follows with the emphatic formula ego eimi {Ἐγώ εἰμι | Egō eimí} ‘I am’, in which the fronted pronoun underscores the speaker’s identity, immediately named as Iesous {Ἰησοῦς | Iēsoûs} ‘Jesus’ and further defined by the article and adjective ho Nazoraios {ὁ Ναζωραῖος | ho Nazōraîos} ‘the Nazarene’, a title linking Him to Nazareth.
In context — Acts 22:8
And I answered, “Who are You, Lord ?” And He said to me, “I am Jesus , the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.”
About this coordinate
Acts 22:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 22:8, so the Greek word ἐγὼ (ego) 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.22.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.8.W1.S1) and character.