Acts 25:10:13Acts.25.10.W13TAB
δεῖ
dei
“it is necessary”
- Transliteration
- DEI
- Extended
- deh-EE
- IPA
- /ˈdei/
Meaning by language
- English
- it is necessary
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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DEI
- sentence
EI-pen de ho PAU-los e-PI tou BÊ-ma-tos KAI-sa-ros he-STÔS EI-mi hou me DEI KRI-nes-thai i-ou-DAI-ous ou-DEN ê-DI-kê-sa hôs kai sy KAL-li-on e-pi-gi-NÔS-keis
Exegesis
The relative clause hou me dei krinesthai {οὗ με δεῖ κρίνεσθαι | hoû me deî krí-nes-thai} expresses proper jurisdiction: the genitive relative pronoun hou refers back to the tribunal as the place or forum ‘where’ this must occur, while the impersonal verb dei with a passive infinitive krinesthai conveys necessity and obligation, ‘where it is necessary that I be judged’.
Root and etymology
deiknymidelta–epsilon–iota–kappa–nu–upsilon–mu–iota
“to show, prove”
In context — Acts 25:10
But Paul said, “I am standing at Caesar ’s judgment seat , where I ought to be judged; I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know better.”
About this coordinate
Acts 25:10:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 25:10, so the Greek word δεῖ (dei) 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.25.10.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.10.W13.S1) and character.