Acts 25:3:11Acts.25.3.W11TAB
ποιοῦντες
poiountes
“making”
- Transliteration
- poi-OUN-tes
- Extended
- poi-OOHN-tehs
- IPA
- /poiˈuːn.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- making
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
poi-OUN-tes
- 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
A second circumstantial participial clause poiountes enedran {ποιοῦντες ἐνέδραν | poioûntes enédran} explains the real motive: “making an ambush.”
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 25:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 25:3, so the Greek word ποιοῦντες (poiountes) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.3.W11.S1) and character.