Acts 23:9:17Acts.23.9.W17TAB
κακὸν
kakon
“bad”
- Transliteration
- ka-KON
- Extended
- kah-KOHN
- IPA
- /kaˈkon/
Meaning by language
- English
- bad
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ka-KON
- 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
Within the quotation, the deflected construction Oudén kakón heurískomen {Οὐδὲν κακὸν εὑρίσκομεν | Oudén kakón heurískomen} foregrounds ‘nothing’ to assert innocence, with the present tense ‘we find’ implying immediacy.
Root and etymology
κακόςkappa–alpha–kappa–omicron–sigma
“bad, harmful”
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 23:9:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 23:9, so the Greek word κακὸν (kakon) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.9.W17.S1) and character.