Acts 26:28:7Acts.26.28.W7TAB
Ἐν
en
“in”
- Transliteration
- en
- Extended
- ehn
- IPA
- /en/
Meaning by language
- English
- in
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
en
- sentence
ho de a-GRI-pas pros ton PAU-lon en o-LI-gô me PEI-theis khri-sti-a-NON poi-Ê-sai
Exegesis
The adverbial dative phrase En oligō {Ἐν ὀλίγῳ | en olí-gō} expresses a temporal duration “in a little time,” which can also carry a degree sense “with little effort.” The finite verb peitheis governs the accusative me as its direct object, and the infinitival phrase Christianon poiēsai functions as the complement, indicating purpose “to make (me) a Christian.” This compact structure allows for reading as either an emphatic exclamation or a rhetorical question, which both English renderings capture by maintaining the subject–verb–object order and the temporal versus degree nuance of the dative.
Root and etymology
kentronkappa–epsilon–nu–tau–rho–omicron–nu
“goad, spur”
In context — Acts 26:28
But Agrippa said to Paul, “In a short time you are persuading me to become a Christian .”
About this coordinate
Acts 26:28:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 26:28, so the Greek word Ἐν (en) 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.26.28.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.28.W7.S1) and character.