Acts 25:26:16Acts.25.26.W16TAB
μάλιστα
malista
“especially”
- Transliteration
- MA-lis-ta
- Extended
- MAH-lihs-tah
- IPA
- /ˈma.lis.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- especially
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
MA-lis-ta
- sentence
pe-RI hou as-pha-LES ti GRA-psai tôi ky-REE-ôi ouk E-khô di-O pro-Ê-ga-gon au-TON eph hy-MÔN kai MA-lis-ta e-PI sou ba-si-LEU a-GRIp-pa HO-pôs tês a-na-KRI-se-ôs ghe-no-ME-nês skhÔ TI GRA-psô
Exegesis
The adverb malista {μάλιστα | mális-ta} ‘especially’ heightens the focus on the following prepositional-vocative unit epi sou basileu Agrippa {ἐπὶ σοῦ βασιλεῦ Ἀγρίππα | epì soû basileû Agríppa}, signaling deference and assigning particular weight to Agrippa’s role.
In context — Acts 25:26
Concerning whom I have nothing certain to write to the lord , therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after an examination has taken place I might have something to write.
About this coordinate
Acts 25:26:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 25:26, so the Greek word μάλιστα (malista) 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.25.26.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.26.W16.S1) and character.