Acts 26:3:16Acts.26.3.W16TAB
ἀκοῦσαί
akousai
“to listen”
- Transliteration
- a-KOU-SAI
- Extended
- ah-KOO-sai
- IPA
- /a.kuːˈsai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to listen
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
a-KOU-SAI
- 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 phrase makrothymos akousai mou {μακροθύμως ἀκοῦσαί μου | ma-kro-thý-mōs a-koû-sai mou} consists of an aorist infinitive governed by deomai, with the adverb makrothymos expressing the desired manner of hearing and mou marking Paul as the object. In English, the participle and genitive constructions are rendered as a causal clause followed by a main clause of entreaty, preserving the Greek sequence and rhetorical deference of the original address.
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 26:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 26:3, so the Greek word ἀκοῦσαί (akousai) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.3.W16.S1) and character.