Acts 8:28:13Acts.8.28.W13TAB
προφήτην
prophêtēn
“prophet”
- Transliteration
- pro-PHÊ-tēn
- Extended
- proh-PHAY-tayn
- IPA
- /proˈpʰɛː.tɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- prophet
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
pro-PHÊ-tēn
- sentence
AYN te hy-po-STRE-phōn kai ka-THÊ-me-nos e-PI tou HAR-ma-tos au-TOU kai a-ne-GI-nō-sken ton pro-PHÊ-tēn Ê-sa-I-an
Exegesis
The verse opens with the imperfect verb plus enclitic particle, ēn te {ἦν τε | ēn te}, which links this clause to the previous sentence and sets up a periphrastic construction.
In context — Acts 8:28
And he was returning and sitting upon his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah .
About this coordinate
Acts 8:28:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 8:28, so the Greek word προφήτην (prophêtēn) 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.8.28.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.8.28.W13.S1) and character.