Acts 13:21:17Acts.13.21.W17TAB
ἔτη
etê
“years”
- Transliteration
- E-tê
- Extended
- EH-têh
- IPA
- /ˈe.tɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- years
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
E-tê
- sentence
ka-KEI-then êi-TÊ-san-to ba-si-LE-a kai E-dō-ken au-TOIS ho the-OS ton sa-OUL hy-ON KIS AN-dra ek phy-LÊS be-ni-a-MIN E-tê tes-se-RA-kon-ta
Exegesis
The phrase etē tessarakonta {ἔτη τεσσεράκοντα | étē tesserákonta} is an accusative of duration, indicating the length of Saul’s kingship. In translation, the coordinated structure is preserved with “and” linking the two main clauses, while the appositional series is rendered as a smooth sequence of descriptive phrases, and the temporal accusative is expressed as “for forty years” to make the duration explicit in idiomatic English.
Root and etymology
hypotassō + eretēs (semantic blend)upsilon–pi–omicron–tau–alpha–sigma–sigma–omicron, epsilon–rho–epsilon–tau–eta–sigma
“one who serves under, under-rower”
In context — Acts 13:21
And from there they requested a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years .
About this coordinate
Acts 13:21:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 13:21, so the Greek word ἔτη (etê) 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.13.21.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.21.W17.S1) and character.