Acts 23:9:28Acts.23.9.W28TAB
ἢ
ê
“or”
- Transliteration
- ê
- Extended
- eh
- IPA
- /ɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- or
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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ê
- 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 conditional protasis ei dé pneûma elálēsen autō̂ ḕ ángelos {εἰ δὲ πνεῦμα ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ ἢ ἄγγελος | ei dé pneûma elálēsen autō̂ ḕ ángelos} sets up a hypothetical supernatural intervention, left without an explicit apodosis to preserve the fragmentary nature of the debate. English translations align subject–verb–object order while retaining the prominence of the question about potential spiritual speech.
Root and etymology
syn-eidosigma–upsilon–nu–epsilon–iota–delta–omega
“to know together, to be conscious with oneself”
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 23:9:28 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 28 of Acts 23:9, so the Greek word ἢ (ê) 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.W28, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.9.W28.S1) and character.