Acts 28:4:13Acts.28.4.W13TAB
πρὸς
pros
“to”
- Transliteration
- pros
- Extended
- prohs
- IPA
- /pros/
Meaning by language
- English
- to
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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pros
- sentence
hôs de EI-don hoi BAR-ba-roi kre-MA-me-non to thê-RI-on ek tês khei-ROS au-TOU pros al-LÊ-lous E-le-gon PAN-tôs pho-NEUS es-TIN ho AN-thrô-pos HOU-tos hon di-a-sô-THEN-ta ek tês tha-LAS-sês hê DI-kê zên ouk EI-a-sen
Exegesis
The clause pros allēlous elegon {πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἔλεγον | pros al-lḗ-lous é-le-gon} ‘they were saying to one another’ uses the imperfect to depict ongoing, mutual commentary among the observers.
In context — Acts 28:4
But when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer; though he has been saved from the sea , Justice has not allowed him to live.”
About this coordinate
Acts 28:4:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 28:4, so the Greek word πρὸς (pros) 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.28.4.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.4.W13.S1) and character.