Acts 9:27:8Acts.9.27.W8TAB
ἀποστόλους
apostolous
“apostles”
- Transliteration
- a-po-STO-lous
- Extended
- ah-poh-STOH-loos
- IPA
- /a.poˈsto.luːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- apostles
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
a-po-STO-lous
- sentence
bar-na-BAS de e-pi-la-BO-me-nos au-TON EE-ga-gen pros tous a-po-STO-lous kai di-ê-GÊ-sa-to au-TOIS pôs en têi ho-DÔ EI-den ton KY-ri-on kai HO-ti e-LA-lê-sen au-TÔ kai pôs en da-mas-KÔ e-par-rê-si-A-sa-to en tôi o-NO-ma-ti tou ee-ay-SOO
Exegesis
The directional prepositional phrase pros tous apostolous {πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους | pròs toùs apostólous} specifies the recipients.
In context — Acts 9:27
Yet Barnabas took hold of him, led him to the apostles, and detailed how on the journey he had encountered the Lord , that He had addressed him, and how in Damascus he had boldly declared in the name of Jesus .
About this coordinate
Acts 9:27:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 9:27, so the Greek word ἀποστόλους (apostolous) 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.9.27.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.9.27.W8.S1) and character.