Acts 26:27:5Acts.26.27.W5TAB
προφήταις
prophêtais
“prophets”
- Transliteration
- pro-PHÊ-tais
- Extended
- proh-PHÊ-tais
- IPA
- /proˈpʰɛː.tais/
Meaning by language
- English
- prophets
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pro-PHÊ-tais
- sentence
pi-STEY-eis ba-si-LEU a-GRI-pa tois pro-PHÊ-tais OI-da HO-ti pi-STEY-eis
Exegesis
The dative phrase tois prophetais {τοῖς προφήταις | toîs pro-phḗ-tais} functions as the object of belief, where the dative is best understood as a dative of reference or respect, commonly rendered in English as “believe the prophets” or “believe in the prophets.”
In context — Acts 26:27
King Agrippa , do you believe the prophets ? I know that you believe.
About this coordinate
Acts 26:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 26:27, so the Greek word προφήταις (prophêtais) 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.26.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.27.W5.S1) and character.