Acts 26:7:11Acts.26.7.W11TAB
λατρεῦον
latreuon
“serving in worship”
- Transliteration
- la-TREU-on
- Extended
- lah-TREH-oo-ohn
- IPA
- /laˈtreu.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- serving in worship
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
la-TREU-on
- sentence
eis hên to dō-de-KA-phy-lon hê-MON en ek-te-NEI-a NYK-ta kai hê-ME-ran la-TREU-on el-PI-dzei ka-tan-TE-sai pe-RI hês el-PI-dos en-ga-LOU-mai hy-PO i-ou-dai-ŌN ba-si-LEU
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase en ekteneia {ἐν ἐκτενείᾳ | en ek-te-neí-ā} ‘in earnestness’ modifies the circumstantial participle latreuon {λατρεῦον | la-treû-on} ‘serving, worshiping’, specifying the manner of their religious service.
In context — Acts 26:7
To which our twelve tribes , serving with earnest devotion night and day, hope to attain; concerning which hope I am accused by Jews, O king.
About this coordinate
Acts 26:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 26:7, so the Greek word λατρεῦον (latreuon) 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.26.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.7.W11.S1) and character.