Acts 26:3:1Acts.26.3.W1TAB
μάλιστα
malista
“especially”
- Transliteration
- MA-lis-ta
- Extended
- MAH-lis-tah
- IPA
- /ˈma.lis.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- especially
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
MA-lis-ta
- sentence
MA-lis-ta GNÔS-tên ON-ta se PAN-tōn tōn ka-TA i-ou-da-EE-ous e-THŌN te KAI zê-tê-MA-tōn di-O DE-o-mai ma-kro-THY-mōs a-KOU-SAI mou
Exegesis
The verse opens with malista {μάλιστα | má-lis-ta} ‘especially’ as an adverbial intensifier, foregrounding the importance of what follows.
In context — Acts 26:3
Especially because you are an expert in all the customs and questions that concern the Jews, I therefore beg you to hear me patiently .
About this coordinate
Acts 26:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 26:3, so the Greek word μάλιστα (malista) 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.26.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.3.W1.S1) and character.