Acts 26:10:19Acts.26.10.W19TAB
ἐξουσίαν
eksousian
“authority”
- Transliteration
- ek-sou-SI-an
- Extended
- ehk-soo-SIH-ahn
- IPA
- /ek.suːˈsi.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- authority
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ek-sou-SI-an
- sentence
ho KAI e-POI-e-sa en hi-e-ro-so-LY-mois KAI pol-LOUS te tôn ha-GI-ōn e-GÔ en phy-la-KAIS ka-TE-klei-sa tēn pa-RA tôn ar-khi-e-RE-ōn ek-sou-SI-an la-BŌN a-nai-rou-ME-nōn te au-TÔN ka-TÊ-nen-gka PSÊ-phon
Exegesis
The participial phrase ten para ton archiereon exousian labon {τὴν παρὰ τῶν ἀρχιερέων ἐξουσίαν λαβών | tḕn pará tón archieréōn exousían labṓn} uses an aorist participle to denote attendant circumstance or basis; he acted under officially received authority from the chief priests, grounding his persecution in institutional sanction.
Root and etymology
exestiepsilon–xi–epsilon–sigma–tau–iota
“it is permitted, it is lawful”
In context — Acts 26:10
Which also I did in Jerusalem; and many of the saints I shut up in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were being put to death I cast my vote against them.
About this coordinate
Acts 26:10:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Acts 26:10, so the Greek word ἐξουσίαν (eksousian) 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.26.10.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.10.W19.S1) and character.