Romans 16:17:8Rom.16.17.W8TAB
διχοστασίας
dikhostaseeas
“divisions”
- Transliteration
- di-kho-sta-SEE-as
- Extended
- dih-khoh-stah-SEE-ahs
- IPA
- /di.kʰo.staˈsi.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- divisions
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
di-kho-sta-SEE-as
- sentence
pa-ra-ka-LO de hy-MAS a-del-PHOI sko-PEIN tous tas di-kho-sta-SEE-as kai ta SKAN-da-la pa-RA tên di-da-KHÊN hên hy-MEIS e-MA-the-te poi-OU-ntas kai ek-KLI-ne-te ap au-TÔN
Exegesis
The coordinated accusatives tas dichostasias {τὰς διχοστασίας | tàs di-kho-sta-sí-as} and ta skandala {τὰ σκάνδαλα | tà skán-da-la} denote internal splits and spiritual traps.
Root and etymology
stasissigma–tau–alpha–sigma–iota–sigma
“standing, position; by extension, faction or discord”
In context — Romans 16:17
Now I urge you, brothers, keep watch over those who produce divisions and lay stumbling-blocks that oppose the teaching you learned, and turn away from them.
About this coordinate
Romans 16:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Romans 16:17, so the Greek word διχοστασίας (dikhostaseeas) 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.16.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.16.17.W8.S1) and character.