Acts 23:20:17Acts.23.20.W17TAB
συνέδριον
synedrion
“council”
- Transliteration
- sy-NE-dri-on
- Extended
- syh-NEH-dree-on
- IPA
- /syˈne.dri.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- council
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sy-NE-dri-on
- sentence
EI-pen de HO-ti hoi i-ou-DAI-oi sy-NE-thehn-to tou e-rô-TÊ-sai se HO-pôs AU-ri-on ton PAU-lon ka-ta-GA-gêis eis to sy-NE-dri-on hôs MEL-lon ti a-kri-VES-te-ron pyn-THA-nes-thai pe-RI au-TOU
Exegesis
The adverb aurion {αὔριον | aú-ri-on} ‘tomorrow’ locates the intended action temporally, while the object phrase ton Paulon {τὸν Παῦλον | ton Paû-lon} and the prepositional phrase eis to synedrion {εἰς τὸ συνέδριον | eis to sy-né-dri-on} specify who is to be moved and to what institutional setting.
Root and etymology
synhedrasigma–upsilon–nu–eta–delta–rho–alpha
“sitting together, council-seat”
In context — Acts 23:20
He said, “The Jews have conspired to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they are about to inquire something more accurately concerning him.”
About this coordinate
Acts 23:20:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 23:20, so the Greek word συνέδριον (synedrion) 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.23.20.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.20.W17.S1) and character.