Acts 25:24:19Acts.25.24.W19TAB
πλῆθος
plêthos
“multitude”
- Transliteration
- PLÊ-thos
- Extended
- PLEH-thohs
- IPA
- /ˈplɛː.tʰos/
Meaning by language
- English
- multitude
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PLÊ-thos
- sentence
KAI PHÊ-sin ho PHÊS-tos a-GRIp-pa ba-si-LEU KAI PAN-tes hoi sym-pa-RON-tes hê-MEEN AN-dres the-ô-REI-te TOU-ton pe-RI hou HA-pan to PLÊ-thos tôn i-ou-dai-ÔN e-NE-ty-KHON moi EN te hi-e-ro-so-LY-mois KAI en-THA-de bo-ÔN-tes mê DEIN au-TON DZÊN mê-KE-ti
Exegesis
The relative clause peri hou hapan to plethos ton Ioudaion enetychon moi {περὶ οὗ ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθος τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐνέτυχόν μοι | perì hoû há-pan to plê-thos tôn I-ou-daí-ōn e-né-ty-chon moi} elaborates on the man by specifying that “the whole multitude of the Jews” has appealed to Festus. The aorist enetychon portrays their approach as a completed, decisive action.
Root and etymology
plethospi–lambda–eta–theta–omicron–sigma
“multitude, great number”
In context — Acts 25:24
And Festus said, “King Agrippa and all men who are present with us, you see this man about whom the whole multitude of the Jews appealed to me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that it was not right for him to live any longer.”
About this coordinate
Acts 25:24:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Acts 25:24, so the Greek word πλῆθος (plêthos) 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.25.24.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.24.W19.S1) and character.