Acts 7:39:16Acts.7.39.W16TAB
αὐτῶν
autôn
“of them”
- Transliteration
- au-TÔN
- Extended
- au-TOHN
- IPA
- /auˈtɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- of them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
au-TÔN
- sentence
hô ouk ê-THEE-lê-san hy-PÊ-ko-oi ge-NES-thai hoi pa-TE-res hê-MON al-LA a-PÔ-san-to kai e-STRA-phê-san en tais kar-DI-ais au-TÔN eis AI-gy-pton
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase en tais kardiais autōn {ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν | en tais kar-dí-ais au-tôn} locates this movement internally, in their hearts, while the directional phrase eis Aigupton {εἰς Αἴγυπτον | eis Aí-gyp-ton} specifies the figurative destination, Egypt as the place to which their loyalty and desire returned. In English, the relative reference is clarified by supplying “him” as the understood antecedent, and the coordinated aorists are rendered as simple past verbs to maintain a clear narrative sequence.
In context — Acts 7:39
To whom our fathers were not willing to be obedient, but they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt .
About this coordinate
Acts 7:39:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 7:39, so the Greek word αὐτῶν (autôn) 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.7.39.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.7.39.W16.S1) and character.