Acts 25:11:11Acts.25.11.W11TAB
παραιτοῦμαι
paraitoumai
“I refuse”
- Transliteration
- pa-rai-TOU-mai
- Extended
- pah-rai-TOO-mai
- IPA
- /pa.raiˈtuː.mai/
Meaning by language
- English
- I refuse
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pa-rai-TOU-mai
- sentence
ei men oun a-di-KO kai A-ksi-on tha-NA-tou PE-pra-KHA ti ou pa-rai-TOU-mai to a-po-tha-NEIN ei de ou-DEN es-TIN hôn HOU-toi ka-tê-go-ROU-sin mou ou-DEIS me DY-na-tai au-TOIS kha-RI-sas-thai KAI-sa-ra e-pi-ka-LOU-mai
Exegesis
The apodosis is the concise declaration ou paraitoumai to apothanein {οὐ παραιτοῦμαι τὸ ἀποθανεῖν | ou paraitoûmai tò apothaneîn}, where the article to substantivizes the infinitive apothanein, producing the idiomatic “I do not refuse to die.”
In context — Acts 25:11
If therefore I do wrong and have committed anything worthy of death , I do not refuse to die. But if there is nothing of the things these men accuse me of, no one is able to grant me to them. I appeal to Caesar.
About this coordinate
Acts 25:11:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 25:11, so the Greek word παραιτοῦμαι (paraitoumai) 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.25.11.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.11.W11.S1) and character.