Acts 25:27:12Acts.25.27.W12TAB
αἰτίας
aiteeas
“charges”
- Transliteration
- ai-TEE-as
- Extended
- ai-TEE-ahs
- IPA
- /aiˈti.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- charges
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ai-TEE-as
- sentence
A-lo-gon GAR moi do-KEI PEM-pon-ta DES-mi-on MÊ KAI tas kat au-TOU ai-TEE-as sê-MA-nai
Exegesis
This omitted action is spelled out in the object phrase tas kat autou aitias {τὰς κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ αἰτίας | tàs kat au-toú ai-tí-as}, where kat {κατ᾽ | kat} plus the genitive autou {αὐτοῦ | au-toú} conveys “against him,” and aitias {αἰτίας | ai-tí-as} denotes formal “charges.” Thus the structure presents a legal expectation: sending the prisoner should be accompanied by formally indicating the accusations. The English renderings mirror this by using an impersonal “it seems” with an infinitive-like clause (“to send a prisoner … without also telling”), preserving both the logical flow and the judicial emphasis of the Greek.
Root and etymology
aitiaalpha–iota–tau–iota–alpha
“cause, reason, charge”
In context — Acts 25:27
For it seems unreasonable to me, when sending a prisoner, not also to indicate the charges against him.
About this coordinate
Acts 25:27:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 25:27, so the Greek word αἰτίας (aiteeas) 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.25.27.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.27.W12.S1) and character.