Acts 23:16:15Acts.23.16.W15TAB
παρεμβολὴν
parembolên
“barracks”
- Transliteration
- pa-rem-bo-LÊN
- Extended
- pah-rehm-boh-LAYN
- IPA
- /pa.rem.boˈlɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- barracks
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
pa-rem-bo-LÊN
- sentence
a-KOU-sas de ho hy-OS tês a-del-PHÊS PAU-lou tên e-NE-dran pa-ra-ge-NO-me-nos kai ei-sel-THÔN eis tên pa-rem-bo-LÊN a-PÊNG-gei-len tôi PAU-lôi
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase eis tēn parembolēn {εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν | eis tèn parembolḕn} ‘into the barracks’ specifies the official setting in which the warning is delivered, while the dative tō Paulō {τῷ Παύλῳ | tō Paúlō} marks Paul as the recipient of the crucial information. In translation, the participial chain is rendered with temporal (“when”) and sequential (“he came,” “he went in”) clauses to reflect the narrative flow while preserving the emphasis on the nephew’s initiative in protecting Paul.
Root and etymology
paremballoparembállō
“to throw in among”
In context — Acts 23:16
But when the son of Paul's sister heard of the ambush , having arrived and having entered into the barracks, he reported it to Paul.
About this coordinate
Acts 23:16:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Acts 23:16, so the Greek word παρεμβολὴν (parembolên) 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.23.16.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.16.W15.S1) and character.