Acts 9:2:16Acts.9.2.W16TAB
ὄντας
ontas
“being”
- Transliteration
- ON-tas
- Extended
- OHN-tahs
- IPA
- /ˈon.tas/
Meaning by language
- English
- being
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ON-tas
- sentence
êi-TE-sá-to par au-TOU e-pi-sto-LAS eis da-mas-KON pros tas sy-na-gô-GAS HO-pōs e-AN TI-nas HEU-rê tês ho-DOU ON-tas AN-dras te kai gy-NEE-kas de-de-ME-nous a-GA-gê eis ie-rou-sa-LÊM
Exegesis
The participles ontas {ὄντας | ón-tas} “being” and dedemenous {δεδεμένους | dedeménous} “having been bound” work with andras te kai gynaikas {ἄνδρας τε καὶ γυναῖκας | ándras te kaí gynaí-kas} “men and women” to portray the intended prisoners.
In context — Acts 9:2
He asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that should he find anyone belonging to the Way—men or women—he could bring them bound to Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
Acts 9:2:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 9:2, so the Greek word ὄντας (ontas) 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.9.2.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.9.2.W16.S1) and character.