Acts 24:15:1Acts.24.15.W1TAB
ἐλπίδα
elpida
“hope”
- Transliteration
- el-PI-da
- Extended
- ehl-PIH-dah
- IPA
- /elˈpi.da/
Meaning by language
- English
- hope
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
el-PI-da
- phraseyour reading level
el-PI-da E-khon eis ton the-ON
- sentence
el-PI-da E-khon eis ton the-ON HÊN kai au-TOI HOU-toi pros-DE-khon-tai a-NA-sta-sin MEL-lein E-ses-thai di-KAI-ōn te kai a-DI-kōn
Exegesis
The participial construction elpida echon {ἐλπίδα ἔχων | elpída ékhōn} serves as a circumstantial participle describing ongoing “having hope.”
In context — Acts 24:15
I have hope toward God , a hope which these themselves also accept, that there is about to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unjust.
About this coordinate
Acts 24:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 24:15, so the Greek word ἐλπίδα (elpida) 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.24.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.24.15.W1.S1) and character.