Acts 26:20:4Acts.26.20.W4TAB
Δαμασκῷ
damaskô
“Damascus”
- Transliteration
- da-mas-KÔ
- Extended
- dah-mahs-KOH
- IPA
- /da.masˈkɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Damascus
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
da-mas-KÔ
- 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
A series of dative phrases marks the recipients of his proclamation: tois en Damaskō {τοῖς ἐν Δαμασκῷ | toîs en Da-mas-kṓ} ‘to those in Damascus’, then Hierosolymois {Ἱεροσολύμοις | Hie-ro-so-lý-mois} ‘in Jerusalem’, followed by the expanded object pasan tēn chōran tēs Ioudaias {πᾶσάν τε τὴν χώραν τῆς Ἰουδαίας | pâ-san te tḕn khṓ-ran tês I-ou-daí-as} ‘all the region of Judea’, and finally tois ethnesin {τοῖς ἔθνεσιν | toîs éth-ne-sin} ‘to the nations, the Gentiles’.
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 26:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 26:20, so the Greek word Δαμασκῷ (damaskô) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.20.W4.S1) and character.