Acts 23:8:11Acts.23.8.W11TAB
πνεῦμα
pneuma
“spirit”
- Transliteration
- PNEU-ma
- Extended
- PNEU-mah
- IPA
- /ˈpneu.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- spirit
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
PNEU-ma
- sentence
sad-dou-KAI-oi men gar LE-goo-sin mê EI-nai a-NA-sta-sin MÊ-te AN-ge-lon MÊ-te PNEU-ma pha-ri-SAIOI de ho-mo-lo-GOU-sin ta am-PHO-te-ra
Exegesis
This infinitival clause governs a series of accusative objects anastasin {ἀνάστασιν | a-ná-sta-sin} ‘resurrection’, angelon {ἄγγελον | án-ge-lon} ‘angel’, and pneuma {πνεῦμα | pneû-ma} ‘spirit’, coordinated by repeated mēte {μήτε | mḗ-te} ‘neither/nor’, creating a rhythmic list of denied realities.
Root and etymology
pneōpi–nu–epsilon–omega
“to blow, breathe”
In context — Acts 23:8
For the Sadducees indeed say there is no resurrection, neither angel nor spirit; but the Pharisees acknowledge them both.
About this coordinate
Acts 23:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 23:8, so the Greek word πνεῦμα (pneuma) 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.23.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.8.W11.S1) and character.