Acts 25:19:7Acts.25.19.W7TAB
δεισιδαιμονίας
deisidaimonias
“religion”
- Transliteration
- dei-si-dai-mo-NI-as
- Extended
- deh-ee-sih-dai-moh-NIH-ahs
- IPA
- /dei.si.dai.moˈni.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- religion
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dei-si-dai-mo-NI-as
- sentence
dzê-TÊ-ma-ta DE TI-na pe-RI TÊS i-DI-as dei-si-dai-mo-NI-as EI-khon pros au-TON KAI pe-RI TI-nos ee-ay-SOO te-thnê-KO-tos HON E-phas-ken ho PAU-los DZÊN
Exegesis
The verse begins with a contrastive particle δέ in zetemata δέ τινα {ζητήματα δέ τινα | zē-tē-ma-ta dé ti-na}, highlighting Festus’s focus on “certain questions” rather than formal charges.
Root and etymology
δεισιδαίμωνde-i-si-dai-mṓn
“reverent toward the divine”
In context — Acts 25:19
But they had certain questions with him concerning their own religion and about a certain Jesus who had died, whom Paul claimed to be alive.
About this coordinate
Acts 25:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 25:19, so the Greek word δεισιδαιμονίας (deisidaimonias) 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.25.19.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.19.W7.S1) and character.