Acts 26:16:9Acts.26.16.W9TAB

εἰς

eis

for

Transliteration
eis
Extended
eis
IPA
/eis/

Meaning by language

English
for

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    eis

  2. sentence

    al-LA a-NAS-tê-thi KAI STÊE-thi e-PI tous PO-das sou eis TOU-to gar O-phthên soi pro-kheir-EE-sas-thai se hy-pê-RET-ên KAI MAR-ty-ra hôn te EI-des me hôn te oph-THÊE-so-mai soi

Exegesis

The purpose indicator eis touto gar {εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ | eîs toûto gàr} ‘for this purpose’ introduces ophthen soi {ὤφθην σοι | ōphthēn soi} ‘I appeared to you,’ presenting the Christophany as a completed divine revelation.

Root and etymology

diōkōdelta–iota–omega–kappa–omega

to pursue, persecute

In contextActs 26:16

But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you as a servant and a witness both of the things you have seen of Me and of the things in which I will appear to you.

About this coordinate

Acts 26:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 26:16, so the Greek word εἰς (eis) 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.26.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.16.W9.S1) and character.