Acts 23:5:16Acts.23.5.W16TAB
λαοῦ
laou
“people”
- Transliteration
- la-OU
- Extended
- lah-OO
- IPA
- /laˈuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- people
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
la-OU
- sentence
E-phê te ho PAU-los ouk Ê-dein a-del-PHOI HO-ti es-TIN ar-khi-e-REUS GE-gra-ptai gar HO-ti AR-khon-ta tou la-OU sou ouk e-REIS ka-KÔS
Exegesis
A second hoti introduces the cited command: hoti Archonta tou laou sou ouk ereis kakōs {ὅτι Ἄρχοντα τοῦ λαοῦ σου οὐκ ἐρεῖς κακῶς | hó-ti Ár-khon-ta toû la-oû sou oûk e-reîs ka-kôs}.
The genitive phrase tou laou sou {τοῦ λαοῦ σου | toû la-oû soû} specifies that this is a ruler belonging to “your people,” reinforcing an in-group covenant responsibility.
In context — Acts 23:5
And Paul said, “I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest; for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people .’”
About this coordinate
Acts 23:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 23:5, so the Greek word λαοῦ (laou) 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.23.5.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.5.W16.S1) and character.