Acts 26:14:23Acts.26.14.W23TAB
πρὸς
pros
“against”
- Transliteration
- pros
- Extended
- prohs
- IPA
- /pros/
Meaning by language
- English
- against
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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pros
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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 prepositional phrase pros me {πρός με | prós me} ‘to me’ indicates personal address, while the dative phrase tē Hebraidi dialektō {τῇ Ἑβραΐδι διαλέκτῳ | tē Hebraídi dialéktō} ‘in the Hebrew dialect’ highlights the significant sacred language context.
Finally, the idiomatic infinitival construction sklērón soi pros kentra laktízein {σκληρόν σοι πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν | sklērón soi prós kéntra laktízein} means ‘It is hard for you to kick against the goads,’ a vivid metaphor for resisting divine authority, here rendered in English with an impersonal subject to preserve clarity and idiomatic force.
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 26:14:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Acts 26:14, so the Greek word πρὸς (pros) 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.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.14.W23.S1) and character.