Acts 26:18:7Acts.26.18.W7TAB

σκότους

skotous

darkness

Transliteration
SKO-tous
Extended
SKOH-toos
IPA
/ˈsko.tus/

Meaning by language

English
darkness

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Result
σκό + τους
sko + tous
skotous

Alphabet Analysis

Sigmas — as in sit
Kappak — as in kite
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Taut — as in top
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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  1. word

    SKO-tous

  2. sentence

    a-NOI-ksai oph-thal-MOUS au-TÔN tou e-pi-STRE-psai a-PO SKO-tous eis PHÔS kai tês ek-sou-SI-as tou sa-ta-NA e-PI ton the-ON tou la-BEIN au-TOUS A-phe-sin ha-mar-ti-ÔN kai KLÊ-ron en tois hê-gi-as-ME-nois PI-stei têi eis e-ME

Exegesis

Parallel prepositional phrases—apo skotous eis phos {ἀπὸ σκότους εἰς φῶς | a-pó skó-tous eis phôs} ‘from darkness into light’ and, by ellipsis of apo, tēs exousias tou Satana epi ton theon {τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ Σατανᾶ ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν | tês e-xou-sí-as toû Sa-ta-nâ e-pí tón the-ón} ‘from the authority of Satan to God’—underscore a decisive realm shift.

In contextActs 26:18

To open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness into light, and from the authority of Satan to God , in order that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.

About this coordinate

Acts 26:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 26:18, so the Greek word σκότους (skotous) 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.26.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.18.W7.S1) and character.