Acts 24:25:13Acts.24.25.W13TAB

ἔμφοβος

emphobos

afraid

Transliteration
EM-pho-bos
Extended
EHM-phoh-bohs
IPA
/ˈem.pʰo.bos/

Meaning by language

English
afraid

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Result
ἔμ + φο + βος
em + pho + bos
emphobos

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Mum — as in mother
Phiph — as in phone (f)
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Betav — as in victory
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    EM-pho-bos

  2. clause

    di-a-le-go-ME-nou de au-TOU pe-RI di-kai-o-SY-nēs kai en-gra-TEI-as kai tou KRI-ma-tos tou MEL-lon-tos EM-pho-bos ge-NO-me-nos ho PHÊ-liks a-pe-KRI-thē

  3. sentence

    di-a-le-go-ME-nou de au-TOU pe-RI di-kai-o-SY-nēs kai en-gra-TEI-as kai tou KRI-ma-tos tou MEL-lon-tos EM-pho-bos ge-NO-me-nos ho PHÊ-liks a-pe-KRI-thē to NYN E-khon po-REU-ou kai-RON de me-ta-la-BON me-ta-ka-LE-so-mai se

Exegesis

The main clause subjects Felix to an adjectival resultative construction emphobos genomenos ho Phelix {ἔμφοβος γενόμενος ὁ Φῆλιξ | ém-pho-bos ge-nó-me-nos ho Phê-lix} conveying “Felix, having become afraid.”

In contextActs 24:25

But as he was reasoning about righteousness and self-control and the judgment that is coming, Felix, having become afraid, answered, “For the present time , go; and when I find an opportunity, I will send for you.”

About this coordinate

Acts 24:25:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 24:25, so the Greek word ἔμφοβος (emphobos) 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.24.25.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.24.25.W13.S1) and character.