Acts 23:35:1Acts.23.35.W1TAB
Διακούσομαί
diakousomai
“I will hear”
- Transliteration
- di-a-KOU-so-MAI
- Extended
- dih-ah-KOO-soh-MAI
- IPA
- /di.a.kuː.soˈmai/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will hear
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
di-a-KOU-so-MAI
- sentence
di-a-KOU-so-MAI sou E-phê HO-tan KAI hoi ka-TÊ-go-ROI sou pa-ra-GE-nōn-tai ke-LEU-sas en tôi prai-tō-RI-ō tou hê-RŌI-dou phy-LAS-ses-thai au-TON
Exegesis
The sentence begins with the future middle verb diakousomai {Διακούσομαί | Diakoúsomai} ‘I will hear’, fronted before the narrative verb to emphasize the governor’s promise of a future judicial session.
Root and etymology
akouoalpha–kappa–omicron–upsilon–omega
“to hear, listen”
In context — Acts 23:35
“I will hear you,” he said, “when your accusers also arrive.” Then he ordered that he be kept in Herod’s praetorium .
About this coordinate
Acts 23:35:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 23:35, so the Greek word Διακούσομαί (diakousomai) 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.23.35.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.35.W1.S1) and character.