Acts 26:12:6Acts.26.12.W6TAB

Δαμασκὸν

damaskon

Damascus

Transliteration
da-mas-KON
Extended
dah-mahs-KOHN
IPA
/da.masˈkon/

Meaning by language

English
Damascus

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Result
Δα + μασ + κὸν
da + mas + kon
damaskon

Alphabet Analysis

Deltath — as in this
Alphaah — as in father
Mum — as in mother
Alphaah — as in father
Sigmas — as in sit
Kappak — as in kite
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    da-mas-KON

  2. sentence

    en HOIS po-reu-O-me-nos eis tên da-mas-KON met ek-sou-SI-as kai e-pi-tro-PÊS tês tôn ar-khi-e-RE-ōn

Exegesis

The preposition eis {εἰς | eis} introduces the goal of the movement, with the object phrase ten Damaskon {τὴν Δαμασκὸν | tḕn Damaskón} ‘to Damascus’ marking the specific destination.

In contextActs 26:12

In these circumstances , as I was journeying to Damascus with authority and a commission from the chief priests.

About this coordinate

Acts 26:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 26:12, so the Greek word Δαμασκὸν (damaskon) 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.26.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.12.W6.S1) and character.