Acts 26:14:20Acts.26.14.W20TAB
διώκεις
diōkeis
“are you persecuting”
- Transliteration
- di-Ō-keis
- Extended
- dih-OH-kees
- IPA
- /diˈɔː.keis/
Meaning by language
- English
- are you persecuting
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
di-Ō-keis
- sentence
PAN-ton te ka-ta-pe-SON-ton hê-MON eis tên gên Ê-kuu-sa phō-NÊN LE-gou-san pros me têi he-bra-I-di di-a-LEK-tôi sa-OUl sa-OUL TI me di-Ō-keis sklē-RON soi pros KEN-tra lak-TI-dzein
Exegesis
The interrogative clause ti me diōkeis {τί με διώκεις | tí me diṓkeis} uses the present tense to depict ongoing persecution of the speaker.
Root and etymology
diōkōdelta–iota–omega–kappa–omega
“to pursue, persecute”
In context — Acts 26:14
And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me ? It is hard for you to kick against the goads .’
About this coordinate
Acts 26:14:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Acts 26:14, so the Greek word διώκεις (diōkeis) 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.26.14.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.14.W20.S1) and character.