Acts 25:23:17Acts.25.23.W17TAB
ἀκροατήριον
akroatêrion
“audience hall”
- Transliteration
- a-kro-a-TÊ-ri-on
- Extended
- ah-kroh-ah-TÊ-ree-on
- IPA
- /a.kro.aˈtɛː.ri.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- audience hall
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
a-kro-a-TÊ-ri-on
- sentence
tê OUN e-PAU-ri-on el-THON-tos tou a-GRI-pa kai tês ber-NEE-kēs me-TA pol-LÊS phan-ta-SI-as kai ei-sel-THON-tōn eis to a-kro-a-TÊ-ri-on SYN te khi-li-AR-khois kai an-DRA-sin tois kat ek-so-KHÊN tês PO-le-ōs kai ke-LEU-san-tos tou PHÊS-tou ÊKH-thē ho PAU-los
Exegesis
A chain of genitive absolute constructions structures the sentence: elthontos tou Agrippa kai tēs Bernikēs {ἐλθόντος τοῦ Ἀγρίππα καὶ τῆς Βερνίκης | elthóntos tou Agríppa kaí tēs Berníkēs} ‘when Agrippa and Bernice had come’, eiselthontōn eis to akroatērion {εἰσελθόντων εἰς τὸ ἀκροατήριον | eiselthóntōn eis tó akroatḗrion} ‘when they had entered into the audience hall’, and keleusantos tou Phēstou {κελεύσαντος τοῦ Φήστου | keleúsantos tou Phḗstou} ‘when Festus had given the order’.
Root and etymology
akroaomaialpha–kappa–rho–omicron–alpha–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to listen attentively”
In context — Acts 25:23
So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with much pomp , and had entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the leading men of the city, at the command of Festus , Paul was brought in.
About this coordinate
Acts 25:23:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 25:23, so the Greek word ἀκροατήριον (akroatêrion) 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.25.23.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.23.W17.S1) and character.