Acts 26:27:8Acts.26.27.W8TAB
πιστεύεις
pisteyeis
“you believe”
- Transliteration
- pi-STEY-eis
- Extended
- pih-STEH-yays
- IPA
- /piˈsteu.eis/
Meaning by language
- English
- you believe
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pi-STEY-eis
- sentence
pi-STEY-eis ba-si-LEU a-GRI-pa tois pro-PHÊ-tais OI-da HO-ti pi-STEY-eis
Exegesis
The verse begins with the verb pisteueis {πιστεύεις | pis-teú-eis} placed first, creating a fronted focus on the act of believing.
After the question, the clause oida {οἶδα | oî-da} hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} pisteueis {πιστεύεις | pis-teú-eis} follows without a conjunction, an example of asyndeton that heightens rhetorical force. The perfect oida, functioning with present sense, expresses confident knowledge, while the repetition of pisteueis binds the question and the assertion together, emphasizing Paul’s persuasive strategy: he appeals to Agrippa’s acknowledged belief in the prophets as a step toward accepting the gospel message already presented. In translation, the initial verb is moved after the vocative to sound natural in English questions, but its prominence is maintained by preserving the repeated “believe” and the direct address, thus carrying over the rhetorical pressure and personal engagement of the Greek.
In context — Acts 26:27
King Agrippa , do you believe the prophets ? I know that you believe.
About this coordinate
Acts 26:27:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 26:27, so the Greek word πιστεύεις (pisteyeis) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.27.W8.S1) and character.