Acts 25:23:27Acts.25.23.W27TAB
πόλεως
poleōs
“city”
- Transliteration
- PO-le-ōs
- Extended
- POH-leh-ôhs
- IPA
- /ˈpo.le.ɔːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- city
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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PO-le-ōs
- 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
The coordinated prepositional cluster syn te chiliarchois kai andrasin tois kat exochēn tēs poleōs {σύν τε χιλιάρχοις καὶ ἀνδράσιν τοῖς κατʼ ἐξοχὴν τῆς πόλεως | sún te khiliárkhois kaí andrásin toîs kat’ exokhḕn tês póleōs} gathers both military and civic elites, with kat exochēn functioning idiomatically to single out the socially prominent men of the city. English rendering breaks the long Greek period into two sentences, retaining the temporal progression from royal arrival, to entry into the hall, to the governor’s command, and finally to Paul’s appearance, thus preserving the narrative build-up and highlighting the contrast between worldly pomp and the prisoner who is brought in.
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 25:23:27 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 27 of Acts 25:23, so the Greek word πόλεως (poleōs) 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.W27, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.23.W27.S1) and character.