Acts 26:9:15Acts.26.9.W15TAB
πρᾶξαι
praksai
“to do”
- Transliteration
- PRAK-sai
- Extended
- PRAHK-sai
- IPA
- /ˈprak.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to do
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
PRAK-sai
- sentence
e-GO MEN OUN E-dok-sa e-mau-TOI pros to O-no-ma ee-AY-SOO tou na-zō-ra-EE-ou DEIN pol-LA e-nan-TI-a PRAK-sai
Exegesis
The complementary infinitive praxai {πρᾶξαι | prâxai} ‘to do’ completes the thought by specifying active opposition.
Root and etymology
prassōpi–rho–alpha–sigma–sigma–omega
“to do”
In context — Acts 26:9
I indeed therefore thought to myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene .
About this coordinate
Acts 26:9:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Acts 26:9, so the Greek word πρᾶξαι (praksai) 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.26.9.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.9.W15.S1) and character.