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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Result
μά + λισ + τα
ma + lis + ta
malista

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Alphaah — as in father
Lambdal — as in law
Iotai — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Taut — as in top
Alphaah — as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    MA-lis-ta

  2. 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 contextActs 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.