Acts 23:29:5Acts.23.29.W5TAB
ζητημάτων
dzêtêmatôn
“questions”
- Transliteration
- dzê-tê-MA-tôn
- Extended
- dzeh-tay-MAH-tohn
- IPA
- /dzɛː.tɛːˈma.tɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- questions
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Alphabet Analysis
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dzê-tê-MA-tôn
- sentence
hon HEU-ron en-ga-LOU-me-non pe-RI dzê-tê-MA-tôn tou NO-mou au-TÔN mê-DEN de AX-si-on tha-NA-tou ê des-MÔN E-khon-ta EN-klê-ma
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase peri zētēmatōn tou nomou autōn {περὶ ζητημάτων τοῦ νόμου αὐτῶν | perì zētēmatōn tou nómou autôn} specifies the sphere of the accusations, “concerning questions of their law,” with the genitive tou nomou autōn marking the law as belonging to “them” and highlighting its distinctly Jewish character.
Root and etymology
zēteōzeta–eta–tau–epsilon–omega
“to seek, inquire”
In context — Acts 23:29
Whom I found being accused concerning questions about their law, but having no charge worthy of death or imprisonment .
About this coordinate
Acts 23:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 23:29, so the Greek word ζητημάτων (dzêtêmatôn) 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.23.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.29.W5.S1) and character.