Acts 23:31:8Acts.23.31.W8TAB
αὐτοῖς
autois
“to them”
- Transliteration
- au-TOIS
- Extended
- au-TOIS
- IPA
- /auˈtois/
Meaning by language
- English
- to them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
au-TOIS
- sentence
hoi men oun stra-ti-O-tai ka-TA to di-a-te-ta-GME-non au-TOIS a-na-la-BON-tes ton PAU-lon Ê-ga-gon di-A nyk-TOS eis tên an-ti-pa-TRI-da
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase kata to diatetagmenon autois {κατὰ τὸ διατεταγμένον αὐτοῖς | katà tò diatetagménon autoîs} functions adverbially, describing manner: the soldiers act “according to the orders given to them.”
In context — Acts 23:31
So the soldiers, according to the orders to them, after taking Paul , brought him by night to Antipatris.
About this coordinate
Acts 23:31:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 23:31, so the Greek word αὐτοῖς (autois) 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.23.31.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.31.W8.S1) and character.