Acts 25:3:1Acts.25.3.W1TAB
αἰτούμενοι
aitoumenoi
“asking”
- Transliteration
- ai-TOU-me-noi
- Extended
- ai-TOU-meh-noi
- IPA
- /aiˈtu.me.noi/
Meaning by language
- English
- asking
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ai-TOU-me-noi
- sentence
ai-TOU-me-noi KHA-rin kat au-TOU HO-pōs me-ta-PEM-psē-tai au-TON eis ie-rou-sa-LÊM e-NÉ-dran poi-OUN-tes a-ne-LEIN au-TON ka-TA tēn ho-DON
Exegesis
The sentence opens with the nominative participle aitoumenoi {αἰτούμενοι | aitoúmenoi} ‘asking’, functioning as a circumstantial participle with an implied plural subject (“they”), and governing the object charin {χάριν | chárin} ‘favor’.
Root and etymology
aiteoalpha–iota–tau–epsilon–omega
“to ask, request”
In context — Acts 25:3
They were asking a favor against him so that he might send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to kill him along the road .
About this coordinate
Acts 25:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 25:3, so the Greek word αἰτούμενοι (aitoumenoi) 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.25.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.3.W1.S1) and character.