Acts 26:23:5Acts.26.23.W5TAB
εἰ
ei
“if”
- Transliteration
- EI
- Extended
- EI
- IPA
- /ei/
Meaning by language
- English
- if
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
EI
- 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 verse employs two instances of εἰ {εἰ | eí} to introduce content clauses reporting what was declared concerning the Messiah: that He must suffer and that He would be first from among the dead to rise.
Root and etymology
kheirchi–epsilon–iota–rho
“hand”
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 26:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 26:23, so the Greek word εἰ (ei) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.23.W5.S1) and character.