Acts 13:21:18Acts.13.21.W18TAB
τεσσεράκοντα
tesserakonta
“forty”
- Transliteration
- tes-se-RA-kon-ta
- Extended
- tehs-seh-RAH-kohn-tah
- IPA
- /tes.seˈra.kon.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- forty
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
tes-se-RA-kon-ta
- 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.
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 13:21:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 13:21, so the Greek word τεσσεράκοντα (tesserakonta) 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.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.21.W18.S1) and character.