Acts 26:23:5Acts.26.23.W5TAB

εἰ

ei

if

Transliteration
EI
Extended
EI
IPA
/ei/

Meaning by language

English
if

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    EI

  2. 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 contextActs 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.