Acts 5:2:18Acts.5.2.W18TAB
ἀποστόλων
apostolōn
“apostles”
- Transliteration
- a-po-STO-lōn
- Extended
- ah-poh-STO-loon
- IPA
- /a.poˈsto.lɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- apostles
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
a-po-STO-lōn
- sentence
KAI e-no-SPHI-sa-to a-PO TÊS ti-MÊS sy-nei-dy-IÊS KAI TÊS gy-nai-KOS KAI e-NEN-kas ME-ros ti pa-RA tous PO-das tÔN a-po-STO-lōn E-thē-ken
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase para tous podas tōn apostolōn {παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τῶν ἀποστόλων | pará toús pódas tôn apostólōn} describes the physical placement of the gift “at the feet” of the apostles, a spatial metaphor for deference and recognition of their authority.
In context — Acts 5:2
And he kept back for himself from the price, with the knowledge also of his wife, and having brought a certain part, he placed it at the feet of the apostles .
About this coordinate
Acts 5:2:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 5:2, so the Greek word ἀποστόλων (apostolōn) 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.5.2.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.5.2.W18.S1) and character.