Acts 25:18:7Acts.25.18.W7TAB
αἰτίαν
aitian
“charge”
- Transliteration
- ai-TI-an
- Extended
- ai-TIH-ahn
- IPA
- /aiˈti.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- charge
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ai-TI-an
- sentence
pe-RI hou sta-THE(n)-tes hoi ka-TÊ-go-roi ou-de-MI-an ai-TI-an E-phe-ron hôn e-GÔ hy-pe-NO-oun po-nê-RÔN
Exegesis
The object oudemian aitian {οὐδεμίαν αἰτίαν | oudemían aitían} “no charge” is emphatic, with the negative adjective fronting the legal term to stress the complete absence of a valid accusation.
Root and etymology
aitiaomaialpha–iota–tau–iota–alpha–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to charge, blame”
In context — Acts 25:18
Concerning him, when the accusers had stood, they brought no charge of the evil things that I was supposing .
About this coordinate
Acts 25:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 25:18, so the Greek word αἰτίαν (aitian) 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.25.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.18.W7.S1) and character.