Acts 24:10:11Acts.24.10.W11TAB
πολλῶν
pollon
“many”
- Transliteration
- pol-LON
- Extended
- pohl-LON
- IPA
- /polˈlɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- many
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pol-LON
- clause
ek pol-LON e-TON ON-ta se kri-TÊN tôi ETH-nei TOU-tôi e-pi-STA-me-nos eu-THY-môs ta pe-RI e-mau-TOU a-po-lo-GOU-mai
- sentence
a-pe-KRI-thê te ho PAU-los NEU-san-tos au-TOI tou hê-ge-MO-nos LE-gein ek pol-LON e-TON ON-ta se kri-TÊN tôi ETH-nei TOU-tôi e-pi-STA-me-nos eu-THY-môs ta pe-RI e-mau-TOU a-po-lo-GOU-mai
Exegesis
Direct speech opens with the genitive-of-time ek pollōn etōn {Ἐκ πολλῶν ἐτῶν | ek pol-lōn e-tōn}, foregrounding duration.
In context — Acts 24:10
And Paul, after the governor had signaled to him to speak, answered, “Since I understand that you have served as a judge over this nation for many years, I respond for myself all the more readily.”
About this coordinate
Acts 24:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 24:10, so the Greek word πολλῶν (pollon) 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.24.10.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.24.10.W11.S1) and character.