Acts 23:14:9Acts.23.14.W9TAB
Ἀναθέματι
anathemati
“with an oath”
- Transliteration
- a-na-THE-ma-ti
- Extended
- ah-nah-THEH-mah-tih
- IPA
- /a.naˈtʰe.ma.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- with an oath
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
a-na-THE-ma-ti
- sentence
HOI-ti-nes pro-sel-THON-tes tois ar-khi-e-REU-sin KAI tois pres-by-TE-rois EI-pan a-na-THE-ma-ti a-ne-the-ma-TI-sa-men he-au-TOUS mê-de-NOS GEU-sas-thai HE-ōs hou a-pok-TEI-nō-men ton PAU-lon
Exegesis
Within the speech, Anathemati {Ἀναθέματι | Anathémati} followed immediately by anethematísamen {ἀνεθεματίσαμεν | anethematísamen} creates a compact, emphatic structure (“with a curse we have placed under a curse”), whose repetition of the same root intensifies the seriousness of their self-imposed ban.
Root and etymology
anatithemialpha–nu–alpha–tau–iota–theta–eta–mu–iota
“to set up, dedicate, devote”
In context — Acts 23:14
Those who had approached the chief priests and the elders said, “With a curse we have bound ourselves not to taste anything until we have killed Paul.”
About this coordinate
Acts 23:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 23:14, so the Greek word Ἀναθέματι (anathemati) 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.23.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.14.W9.S1) and character.