Acts 25:12:11Acts.25.12.W11TAB
ἐπὶ
epi
“to”
- Transliteration
- e-PI
- Extended
- eh-PIH
- IPA
- /eˈpi/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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e-PI
- sentence
TO-te ho PHÊ-stos syl-la-LÊ-sas me-TA tou sym-bou-LI-ou a-pe-KRI-thê KAI-sa-ra e-pi-KE-klê-sai e-PI KAI-sa-ra po-REU-sê
Exegesis
Within the quotation, Kaisara {Καίσαρα | Kaí-sa-ra} stands first for emphasis, twice framing the legal action: epikeklēsai {ἐπικέκλησαι | e-pi-ké-klē-sai} “you have appealed” in the perfect tense underscores a completed, binding legal step, while poreusē {πορεύσῃ | po-reú-sē} “you shall go” in the future middle indicates a determined outcome that directly follows from that appeal. The English renderings preserve the sequence of deliberation then decision, and maintain the rhetorical weight of repeating “Caesar” at both the basis and result of the judgment.
Root and etymology
epi + kaleoepsilon–pi–iota plus kappa–alpha–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to call upon, invoke, appeal”
In context — Acts 25:12
Then Festus , after conferring with the council , answered, “You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you shall go.”
About this coordinate
Acts 25:12:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 25:12, so the Greek word ἐπὶ (epi) 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.25.12.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.12.W11.S1) and character.