Acts 28:6:3Acts.28.6.W3TAB
προσδοκῶν
prosdokon
“expecting”
- Transliteration
- pros-do-KON
- Extended
- prohs-doh-KOHN
- IPA
- /pros.doˈkɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- expecting
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
Tap any key to hear its pronunciation
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
pros-do-KON
- phraseyour reading level
hoi de pros-do-KON au-TON MEL-lein PIM-pras-thai ê ka-ta-PIP-tein AF-nô ne-KRON e-PI pol-LÊN de au-TÔN pros-do-KON-ton KAI the-ô-ROU-ntôn mê-DEN A-to-pon eis au-TON gi-NO-me-non
- sentence
hoi de pros-do-KON au-TON MEL-lein PIM-pras-thai ê ka-ta-PIP-tein AF-nô ne-KRON e-PI pol-LÊN de au-TÔN pros-do-KON-ton KAI the-ô-ROU-ntôn mê-DEN A-to-pon eis au-TON gi-NO-me-non me-ta-ba-LO-me-noi E-le-gon au-TON EI-nai the-ON
In context — Acts 28:6
But they were expecting him to be about to swell up, or suddenly to fall down dead; and after a long expectation from them, as they were observing nothing unusual happening to him, having changed, they were saying that he was a god .
About this coordinate
Acts 28:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 28:6, so the Greek word προσδοκῶν (prosdokon) 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.28.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.6.W3.S1) and character.