Acts 26:17:5Acts.26.17.W5TAB
λαοῦ
laou
“people”
- Transliteration
- la-OU
- Extended
- lah-OO
- IPA
- /laˈuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- people
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
la-OU
- sentence
ek-sai-ROU-me-nos se ek tou la-OU KAI ek tôn eth-NÔN eis hous e-GÔ a-po-STEL-lō se
Exegesis
Two coordinated prepositional phrases, ek tou laou {ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ | ek tou laoû} and ek tôn ethnôn {ἐκ τῶν ἐθνῶν | ek tôn ethnôn}, specify the spheres from which Paul is delivered, distinguishing the Jewish community from the broader Gentile world.
In context — Acts 26:17
I am rescuing you from the people and from the nations ; to these I am sending you.
About this coordinate
Acts 26:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 26:17, so the Greek word λαοῦ (laou) 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.26.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.17.W5.S1) and character.