Acts 26:20:27Acts.26.20.W27TAB
μετανοίας
metanoias
“repentance”
- Transliteration
- me-ta-NOI-as
- Extended
- meh-tah-NOY-ahs
- IPA
- /me.taˈnoi.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- repentance
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
me-ta-NOI-as
- sentence
al-LA tois en da-mas-KÔ PRÔ-ton te kai hi-e-ro-so-LY-mois PA-san te tēn KHÔ-ran tês i-ou-da-I-as kai tois ETH-ne-sin a-PÊN-gel-lon me-ta-no-EIN kai e-pi-STRE-phein e-PI ton the-ON AX-ia tês me-ta-NOI-as ER-ga PRAS-son-tas
Exegesis
The participial phrase axia tēs metanoias erga prassontas {ἄξια τῆς μετανοίας ἔργα πράσσοντας | áx-i-a tês meta-noí-as ér-ga prás-son-tas} functions circumstantially, describing how the hearers are to respond: by ‘doing works worthy of repentance’. The participle prassontas agrees with the implied people who repent and is rendered in English as a finite verb clause to make the sequence clear: their repentance must be evidenced by appropriate deeds. The English reconstructions preserve the progression from place to place, the ongoing nature of Paul’s preaching, the paired infinitives expressing the content of his message, and the requirement that genuine repentance produce observable works.
Root and etymology
metanoeōmu–epsilon–tau–alpha–nu–omicron–epsilon–omega
“change of mind, repentance”
In context — Acts 26:20
But to those in Damascus first, and also in Jerusalem and all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles , I was declaring that they should repent and turn to God , doing works worthy of repentance.
About this coordinate
Acts 26:20:27 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 27 of Acts 26:20, so the Greek word μετανοίας (metanoias) 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.26.20.W27, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.20.W27.S1) and character.