Acts 23:10:1Acts.23.10.W1TAB
πολλῆς
pollês
“of great”
- Transliteration
- pol-LÊS
- Extended
- pohl-LÊHS
- IPA
- /polˈlɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- of great
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pol-LÊS
- sentence
pol-LÊS de gi-no-ME-nês STA-se-ôs pho-bê-THEIS ho khi-LI-ar-khos mê di-a-spas-THÊI ho PAU-los hyp au-TÔN e-KE-leu-sen to STRA-teu-ma ka-ta-BAN har-PA-sai au-TON ek ME-sou au-TÔN A-gein te eis tên pa-rem-bo-LÊN
Exegesis
The verse opens with the genitive absolute construction pollēs ginomenēs staseōs {πολλῆς γινομένης στάσεως | pollês ginoménēs stáseōs} ‘while great dissension was happening’, which sets the background circumstance independently of the main clause. This circumstantial frame heightens the sense of ongoing turmoil.
In context — Acts 23:10
But when a great dissension was taking place, the tribune became afraid that Paul might be torn apart by them, and he commanded the soldiers to go down, seize him out of their midst, and bring him into the barracks.
About this coordinate
Acts 23:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 23:10, so the Greek word πολλῆς (pollês) 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.23.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.10.W1.S1) and character.