Acts 28:19:11Acts.28.19.W11TAB
ἔθνους
ethnous
“nation”
- Transliteration
- E-thnous
- Extended
- EH-tʰnoos
- IPA
- /ˈe.tʰnous/
Meaning by language
- English
- nation
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
E-thnous
- 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 negative adverbial clause oukh hōs tou ethnous mou ekhōn ti katēgorein {οὐχ ὡς τοῦ ἔθνους μου ἔχων τι κατηγορεῖν | oukh hōs tou éthnous mou échōn ti katēgoreîn} qualifies the manner or motive of the appeal: “not as having anything to accuse my nation of.”
Root and etymology
ethnosepsilon–theta–nu–omicron–sigma
“nation, ethnic people”
In context — Acts 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 28:19:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 28:19, so the Greek word ἔθνους (ethnous) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.19.W11.S1) and character.