Acts 24:10:13Acts.24.10.W13TAB
ὄντα
onta
“being”
- Transliteration
- ON-ta
- Extended
- ON-tah
- IPA
- /ˈon.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- being
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
ON-ta
- 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
The participial causal clause onta se kritēn tō ethnei toutō epistamenos {ὄντα σε κριτὴν τῷ ἔθνει τούτῳ ἐπιστάμενος | on-ta se kri-tēn tō eth-nei tou-tō e-pi-sta-me-nos} combines onta {ὄντα | on-ta} and the accusative se kritēn {σε κριτὴν | se kri-tēn} with the dative community {τῷ ἔθνει τούτῳ | tō eth-nei tou-tō} and the nominative participle epistamenos {ἐπιστάμενος | e-pi-sta-me-nos} to express “since I know that you are a judge over this nation.”
Root and etymology
hekatontarchēseta–kappa–alpha–tau–omicron–nu–tau–alpha–rho–chi–eta–sigma
“commander of a hundred, centurion”
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 24:10:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 24:10, so the Greek word ὄντα (onta) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.24.10.W13.S1) and character.