Acts 24:5:9Acts.24.5.W9TAB
στάσεις
staseis
“riots”
- Transliteration
- STA-seis
- Extended
- STAH-seh-ees
- IPA
- /ˈsta.seis/
Meaning by language
- English
- riots
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
STA-seis
- sentence
heu-RON-tes gar ton AN-dra TOU-ton loi-MON kai ki-NOUN-ta STA-seis PA-si tois iou-DAI-ois tois ka-TA tên oi-kou-ME-nên prô-tô-STA-tên te tês tôn na-zô-RAI-ôn hai-RE-se-ôs
Exegesis
The participial phrase kinounta staseis {κινοῦντα στάσεις | ki-noûn-ta stá-seis} qualifies his activity as “stirring up uprisings.”
In context — Acts 24:5
For we have found this man to be a pestilence : he incites uprisings among all the Jews throughout the inhabited world, and he is a leading figure of the sect of the Nazarenes.
About this coordinate
Acts 24:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 24:5, so the Greek word στάσεις (staseis) 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.24.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.24.5.W9.S1) and character.