Acts 25:1:1Acts.25.1.W1TAB
Φῆστος
phêstos
“Festus”
- Transliteration
- PHÊS-tos
- Extended
- PHÊÊS-tohs
- IPA
- /ˈpʰɛːs.tos/
Meaning by language
- English
- Festus
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Alphabet Analysis
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
PHÊS-tos
- sentence
PHÊS-tos OUN e-pi-BAS têi e-par-KHEI-a me-TA TREIS hê-ME-ras a-NE-bê eis hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma a-PO kai-sa-REI-as
Exegesis
The verse begins with the subject Phestos {Φῆστος | Phê-stos}, immediately followed by oun {οὖν | oûn}, which signals narrative continuation and mild inference from the preceding context.
In context — Acts 25:1
Festus , therefore, when he had arrived in the province , after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
About this coordinate
Acts 25:1:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 25:1, so the Greek word Φῆστος (phêstos) 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.25.1.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.1.W1.S1) and character.