Acts 28:25:3Acts.28.25.W3TAB
ὄντες
ontes
“being”
- Transliteration
- ON-tes
- Extended
- OHN-tehs
- IPA
- /ˈon.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- being
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ON-tes
- sentence
a-sym-phō-NOON-tes de ON-tes pros al-LÊE-loys a-pe-LY-on-to ei-PON-tos tou PAU-lou RHÊE-ma HEN HO-ti ka-LÔS to PNEU-ma to HA-gi-on e-LA-lē-sen di-A ê-sa-EE-ou tou pro-PHÊE-tou pros tous pa-TE-ras hy-MÔN
Exegesis
The verse begins with the nominative participial clause asymphonoi de ontes {ἀσύμφωνοι δὲ ὄντες | asúmphōnoi dè óntes} “but being in disagreement,” which precedes the finite verb apelyonto {ἀπελύοντο | apelýonto}. This fronting of the participial description highlights the state of discord as the background for the action.
Root and etymology
periaireōpi–epsilon–rho–iota–alpha–iota–rho–epsilon–omega
“to take away around, to remove by encircling”
In context — Acts 28:25
But as they were disagreeing with one another, they began to leave after Paul had spoken one statement : “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers.”
About this coordinate
Acts 28:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 28:25, so the Greek word ὄντες (ontes) 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.28.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.25.W3.S1) and character.