Acts 28:17:9Acts.28.17.W9TAB

ὄντας

ontas

who were

Transliteration
ON-tas
Extended
ON-tahs
IPA
/ˈon.tas/

Meaning by language

English
who were

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Result
ὄν + τας
on + tas
ontas

Alphabet Analysis

Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new
Taut — as in top
Alphaah — as in father
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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  1. word

    ON-tas

  2. sentence

    E-ge-ne-to DE me-TA hê-ME-ras TREIS syn-ga-LE-sa-sthai au-TON TOUS ON-tas TÔN i-ou-dai-ÔN PRÔ-tous syn-el-THON-tôn DE au-TÔN E-le-gen pros au-TOUS e-GÔ AN-dres a-del-PHOI ou-DEN e-nan-TI-on poi-Ê-sas tôi la-ÔI ê tois E-the-si tois pa-TRÔ-ois DEs-mi-os eks hi-e-ro-so-LY-môn pa-re-DO-thên eis tas KHEI-ras TÔN rhō-mai-ÔN

Exegesis

This is followed by the aorist middle infinitive sygkalesasthai {συγκαλέσασθαι | sygkalésasthai} in the clause sygkalesasthai auton tous ontas tōn Ioudaiōn prōtous {συγκαλέσασθαι αὐτὸν τοὺς ὄντας τῶν Ἰουδαίων πρώτους | sygkalésasthai autòn toùs óntas tôn Ioudaíōn prṓtous}, an epexegetical infinitive that explains what “happened.” The accusative subject of the infinitive, tous ontas tōn Ioudaiōn prōtous, identifies “those who were first among the Jews,” that is, the leading Jewish figures.

In contextActs 28:17

And it happened that, after three days, he called together the chief men of the Jews; and when they had come together, he said to them, "Men, brothers, I have done nothing against the people or the ancestral customs ; yet as a prisoner I was delivered from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans ."

About this coordinate

Acts 28:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 28:17, so the Greek word ὄντας (ontas) 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.28.17.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.17.W9.S1) and character.