Acts 24:14:13Acts.24.14.W13TAB
λατρεύω
latreuo
“I serve”
- Transliteration
- la-TREU-o
- Extended
- lah-TREU-oh
- IPA
- /laˈtreu.ɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I serve
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-TREU-o
- phraseyour reading level
ho-mo-lo-GO de tou-TO soi HO-ti ka-TA tên ho-DON hên LE-gou-sin HAI-re-sin HOU-tos la-TREU-o toi pa-TRO-i-o the-OI
- sentence
ho-mo-lo-GO de tou-TO soi HO-ti ka-TA tên ho-DON hên LE-gou-sin HAI-re-sin HOU-tos la-TREU-o toi pa-TRO-i-o the-OI pi-STE-uon PA-si tois ka-TA ton NO-mon kai tois en tois pro-PHÊ-tais ge-gram-ME-nois
Exegesis
The adverb hoútōs {οὕτως | hoú-tōs} ‘thus’ connects to latreúō tō patrōîō theō {λατρεύω τῷ πατρῴῳ θεῷ | la-treú-ō tō pa-trō-í-ō the-ō} ‘I serve the ancestral God’, where the dative marks the object of cultic service.
Root and etymology
latreúōlambda–alpha–tau–rho–epsilon–upsilon–omega
“to serve, worship”
In context — Acts 24:14
Yet this I confess to you: that I serve the ancestral God in accordance with the Way which they call a sect, believing all things that are according to the Law and the things written in the prophets.
About this coordinate
Acts 24:14:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 24:14, so the Greek word λατρεύω (latreuo) 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.24.14.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.24.14.W13.S1) and character.