Acts 25:7:18Acts.25.7.W18TAB
ἴσχυον
iskhyon
“they were able”
- Transliteration
- IS-khy-on
- Extended
- IHS-khy-oh(n)
- IPA
- /ˈis.kʰy.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- they were able
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Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
IS-khy-on
- sentence
pa-ra-ge-no-ME-nou de au-TOU pe-ri-E-stê-san au-TON hoi a-PO hi-e-ro-so-LY-mōn ka-ta-be-bê-KO-tes i-ou-da-I-oi pol-LA kai ba-RE-a ai-ti-O-ma-ta ka-ta-PHE-ron-tes ha ouk IS-khy-on a-po-DEI-ksai
Exegesis
The relative clause ha ouk ischyon apodeixai {ἃ οὐκ ἴσχυον ἀποδεῖξαι | ha ouk íschyon apodeîxai} ‘which they were not able to prove’ uses the imperfect to signal ongoing inability and the infinitive to express the intended but unrealized legal demonstration, emphasizing the lack of evidence. In translation, the genitive absolute is rendered as a temporal subordinate clause, participles are converted to finite or subordinate verb forms, and the relative clause is kept adjacent to “accusations” to preserve its evaluative function.
In context — Acts 25:7
When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious accusations against him, which they were not able to prove.
About this coordinate
Acts 25:7:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 25:7, so the Greek word ἴσχυον (iskhyon) 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.25.7.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.7.W18.S1) and character.