Acts 28:19:8Acts.28.19.W8TAB

οὐχ

oukh

not

Transliteration
oukh
Extended
oo-khh
IPA
/uːkʰ/

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine
Chih/kh — like Bach

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Word in context

  1. word

    oukh

  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 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.”

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 28:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 28:19, so the Greek word οὐχ (oukh) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.19.W8.S1) and character.