Acts 28:19:1Acts.28.19.W1TAB

ἀντιλεγόντων

antilegontōn

objecting

Transliteration
an-ti-le-GON-tōn
Extended
ahn-tih-leh-GOHN-tohn
IPA
/an.ti.leˈgon.tɔːn/

Meaning by language

English
objecting

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Result
ἀν + τι + λε + γόν + των
an + ti + le + gon + tōn
antilegontōn

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new
Taut — as in top
Iotai — as in machine
Lambdal — as in law
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Gammagh — guttural
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new
Taut — as in top
Omegao — same as omicron
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    an-ti-le-GON-tōn

  2. sentence

    an-ti-le-GON-tōn de tōn i-ou-dai-ŌN ê-naŋ-KA-sthēn e-pi-ka-LE-sa-sthai KAI-sa-ra oukh hōs tou E-thnous mou E-khōn ti ka-tê-go-REIN

Exegesis

The sentence opens with the genitive absolute construction antilegonton tōn Ioudaiōn {ἀντιλεγόντων τῶν Ἰουδαίων | anti-legóntōn tôn Ioudaíōn}, literally “while the Jews were opposing,” which provides the circumstantial setting or cause for the main action.

Root and etymology

antilegōalpha–nu–tau–iota–lambda–epsilon–gamma–omega

to speak against, contradict

In contextActs 28:19

But when the Jews opposed me, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, not as though I had anything to accuse my nation of.

About this coordinate

Acts 28:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 28:19, so the Greek word ἀντιλεγόντων (antilegontōn) 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.28.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.19.W1.S1) and character.