Acts 28:18:9Acts.28.18.W9TAB
αἰτίαν
aitian
“cause”
- Transliteration
- ai-TI-an
- Extended
- ai-TIH-ahn
- IPA
- /aiˈti.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- cause
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ai-TI-an
- sentence
HOI-ti-nes a-na-kri-nan-TES me e-BOU-lon-to a-po-LY-sai di-A to mê-de-MI-an ai-TI-an tha-NA-tou hy-PAR-khein en e-MOI
Exegesis
The causal phrase dia to medemian aitian thanatou huparchein en emoi {διὰ τὸ μηδεμίαν αἰτίαν θανάτου ὑπάρχειν ἐν ἐμοί | diá tò mē-de-mi-án ai-tí-an tha-ná-tou hy-pár-khein en e-moí} employs an articular infinitive construction, with huparchein {ὑπάρχειν | hy-pár-khein} governing the object medemian aitian thanatou.
Root and etymology
aiteoalpha–iota–tau–epsilon–omega
“to ask, demand, claim”
In context — Acts 28:18
These, having examined me, were wishing to release me, because there was no cause for death in me.
About this coordinate
Acts 28:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 28:18, so the Greek word αἰτίαν (aitian) 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.28.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.18.W9.S1) and character.