Acts 25:16:1Acts.25.16.W1TAB

πρὸς

pros

to

Transliteration
pros
Extended
prohs
IPA
/pros/

Meaning by language

English
to

Alphabet Analysis

Pip — as in pet
Rhor — rolled r
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    pros

  2. sentence

    pros hous a-pe-KRI-thên HO-ti ouk ES-tin E-thos rhō-ma-I-ois kha-RI-dzeS-THAI TI-na AN-thrō-pon prin ê ho ka-tê-go-ROU-me-nos ka-TA PRO-sō-pon E-khoi tous ka-tê-GO-rous TO-pon te a-po-lo-GI-as LA-boi pe-RI tou en-KLÊ-ma-tos

Exegesis

The verse opens with the prepositional phrase pros hous {πρὸς οὓς | pròs hoús} ‘to whom’, identifying the addressees.

In contextActs 25:16

I answered them that it is not the custom for Romans to hand over any person as a favor before the accused has his accusers face to face and has received an opportunity for a defense concerning the accusation.

About this coordinate

Acts 25:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 25:16, so the Greek word πρὸς (pros) 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.25.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.16.W1.S1) and character.