Acts 23:9:4Acts.23.9.W4TAB
μεγάλη
megalê
“great”
- Transliteration
- me-GA-lê
- Extended
- meh-GAH-leh
- IPA
- /meˈga.lɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- great
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
me-GA-lê
- 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 pronounced noun phrase krauge megale {κραυγὴ μεγάλη | kraugḗ megálē} ‘great outcry’ uses the attributive adjective to heighten the sense of agitation.
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 23:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 23:9, so the Greek word μεγάλη (megalê) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.9.W4.S1) and character.