Romans 15:20:6Rom.15.20.W6TAB
ὅπου
hopou
“where”
- Transliteration
- HO-pou
- Extended
- hoh-POO
- IPA
- /ˈho.puː/
Meaning by language
- English
- where
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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HO-pou
- sentence
HOU-tōs de phi-lo-ti-MOU-me-non eu-ang-ge-LI-dze-sthai oukh HO-pou ō-no-MA-sthē khree-STOS HI-na mē ep al-LO-tri-on the-ME-li-on oi-ko-do-MŌ
Exegesis
The negative particle oukh {οὐχ | oukh} directly precedes the relative adverb hopou {ὅπου | hó-pou}, introducing a negated relative clause oukh hopou onomasthē Christos {οὐχ ὅπου ὠνομάσθη Χριστός | oukh hó-pou ō-no-más-thē Khris-tós} ‘not where Christ has been named’, which specifies the kind of locations Paul avoids in his evangelistic focus. This relative clause functions as a modifier of the infinitive, narrowing the scope of his preaching activity.
In context — Romans 15:20
So I make it my ambition to proclaim the good news, not where Christ has already been named, so that I do not build on another person's foundation .
About this coordinate
Romans 15:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Romans 15:20, so the Greek word ὅπου (hopou) 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 Rom.15.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.15.20.W6.S1) and character.