Acts 26:23:18Acts.26.23.W18TAB
ἔθνεσιν
ethnesin
“nations”
- Transliteration
- ETH-ne-sin
- Extended
- EH-thneh-sin
- IPA
- /ˈetʰ.ne.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- nations
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ETH-ne-sin
- sentence
EI pa-thê-TOS ho khri-STOS EI PRO-tos eks a-na-STA-se-ôs ne-KRÔN PHÔS MEL-lei ka-ta-NGEL-lein tôi te la-ÔI kai tois ETH-ne-sin
Exegesis
The fronted accusative phōs {φῶς | phôs} receives emphasis by preceding its verb–infinitive complement, and the dative tō te laō kai tois ethnēsin {τῷ τε λαῷ καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν | tôi te la-ôi kaí toîs éth-ne-sin} uses the correlative te…kai to bind “the people” and “the nations” as joint recipients of the proclamation.
In context — Acts 26:23
That the Christ must suffer, and that, as the first from the resurrection of the dead, He is to proclaim light both to the people and to the nations.
About this coordinate
Acts 26:23:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 26:23, so the Greek word ἔθνεσιν (ethnesin) 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.26.23.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.23.W18.S1) and character.