Acts 26:3:12Acts.26.3.W12TAB
ζητημάτων
zêtêmatōn
“matters of dispute”
- Transliteration
- zê-tê-MA-tōn
- Extended
- dzêh-têh-MAH-tohn
- IPA
- /dzeː.tɛːˈma.tɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- matters of dispute
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Alphabet Analysis
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
zê-tê-MA-tōn
- 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 genitive cluster panton tōn katà Ioudaíous ethon te kai zetematon {πάντων τῶν κατὰ Ἰουδαίους ἐθῶν τε καὶ ζητημάτων | pán-tōn tōn katà Iou-daí-ous e-thōn te kaì zē-tē-má-tōn} specifies the scope of this expertise—“all the customs and questions according to the Jews”—with katà marking the Jewish frame of reference.
Root and etymology
zeteōzē-té-ō
“to seek, inquire”
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 26:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 26:3, so the Greek word ζητημάτων (zêtêmatōn) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.3.W12.S1) and character.