Acts 25:16:24Acts.25.16.W24TAB
λάβοι
laboi
“might receive”
- Transliteration
- LA-boi
- Extended
- LAH-boi
- IPA
- /ˈla.boi/
Meaning by language
- English
- might receive
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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LA-boi
- 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 temporal conjunction prin ē {πρὶν ἢ | prìn ē} ‘before’ introduces a prior condition leading to two subjunctive verbs: echoi {ἔχοι | échoi} ‘he should have’ and laboi {λάβοι | láboi} ‘he should receive’, with the nominative kategoroumenos {κατηγορούμενος | katēgoróumenos} ‘the accused’ placed before for emphasis.
The coordinated topon te apologias laboi {τόπον τε ἀπολογίας λάβοι | tópon te apologías láboi} ‘and to receive an opportunity for defense’ asserts the right to respond, while peri tou enklēmatos {περὶ τοῦ ἐγκλήματος | perí toû enklḗmatos} ‘concerning the charge’ defines its scope. This structure of infinitive, conjunction, subjunctive, and genitive complements outlines Roman procedural fairness.
In context — Acts 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 25:16:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Acts 25:16, so the Greek word λάβοι (laboi) 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.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.16.W24.S1) and character.