Acts 26:1:14Acts.26.1.W14TAB
Παῦλος
paulos
“Paul”
- Transliteration
- PAU-los
- Extended
- pah-OO-lohs
- IPA
- /ˈpau.los/
Meaning by language
- English
- Paul
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
PAU-los
- sentence
a-GRI-pas de pros ton PAU-lon E-phê e-pi-TRE-pe-tai soi hy-PER se-au-TOU LE-gein TO-te ho PAU-los ek-TEI-nas tên KHEI-ra a-pe-lo-GEI-to
Exegesis
The new subject ho Paulos {ὁ Παῦλος | ho Paû-los} is accompanied by the circumstantial aorist participle ekteinas {ἐκτείνας | ek-TEI-nas} with its object ten kheira {τὴν χεῖρα | ten KHEI-ra}, describing the preliminary gesture—stretching out his hand—as a conventional rhetorical signal preceding speech.
In context — Acts 26:1
But Agrippa said to Paul, “It is permitted for you to speak on your own behalf .” Then Paul, having stretched out his hand, began to make his defense .
About this coordinate
Acts 26:1:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Acts 26:1, so the Greek word Παῦλος (paulos) 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.26.1.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.1.W14.S1) and character.