Acts 23:9:14Acts.23.9.W14TAB
διεμάχοντο
diemakhonto
“were contending”
- Transliteration
- di-e-MA-khon-to
- Extended
- dih-eh-MAH-khohn-toh
- IPA
- /di.eˈma.kʰon.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- were contending
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
- word
di-e-MA-khon-to
- sentence
e-GHE-ne-to de krau-GHÊ me-GA-lê kai a-na-STAN-tes ti-NES tôn gram-ma-TE-ōn tou ME-rous tôn pha-ri-SAI-ōn di-e-MA-khon-to LE-gon-tes ou-DEN ka-KON heu-RIS-ko-men en tôi an-THRŌ-pôi TOU-tôi ei de PNEU-ma e-LA-lê-sen au-TÔI ê AN-ge-los
Exegesis
The imperfect middle verb diemáchonto {διεμάχοντο | diemáchonto} conveys ongoing dispute, and the participle légontes {λέγοντες | légontes} introduces their speech.
In context — Acts 23:9
And there arose a great uproar , and some of the scribes of the party of the Pharisees stood up and were contending, saying, “We find nothing evil in this man; but what if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel?”
About this coordinate
Acts 23:9:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Acts 23:9, so the Greek word διεμάχοντο (diemakhonto) 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.23.9.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.9.W14.S1) and character.