Acts 24:19:11Acts.24.19.W11TAB
παρεῖναι
pareinai
“to be present”
- Transliteration
- pa-REI-nai
- Extended
- pah-REI-nai
- IPA
- /paˈriː.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be present
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pa-REI-nai
- phraseyour reading level
hous E-DEI e-PI sou pa-REI-nai KAI ka-tê-go-REIN EI ti E-khoi-en pros e-ME
- sentence
ti-NES de a-PO tês A-si-as iou-DAI-oi hous E-DEI e-PI sou pa-REI-nai KAI ka-tê-go-REIN EI ti E-khoi-en pros e-ME
Exegesis
The impersonal verb edei {ἔδει | e-dei} expresses past necessity and governs two coordinated infinitives, pareinai {παρεῖναι | pa-rei-nai} “to be present” and kategorein {κατηγορεῖν | ka-te-go-rein} “to accuse,” linked by kai, presenting a dual obligation of attendance and formal accusation.
In context — Acts 24:19
But some Jews from Asia, who ought to have been present before you and to accuse, if they might have anything against me,
About this coordinate
Acts 24:19:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 24:19, so the Greek word παρεῖναι (pareinai) 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.24.19.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.24.19.W11.S1) and character.