Acts 13:21:5Acts.13.21.W5TAB

ἔδωκεν

edōken

he gave

Transliteration
E-dō-ken
Extended
EH-dohh-kehn
IPA
/ˈe.doː.ken/

Meaning by language

English
he gave

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Result
ἔ + δω + κεν
e + dō + ken
edōken

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Deltath — as in this
Omegao — same as omicron
Kappak — as in kite
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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  1. word

    E-dō-ken

  2. 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 verse is a single narrative sentence built around two coordinated aorist verbs, ēitēsanto {ᾐτήσαντο | ēitḗsanto} ‘they requested’ and edōken {ἔδωκεν | édōken} ‘He gave.’

In contextActs 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 13:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 13:21, so the Greek word ἔδωκεν (edōken) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.21.W5.S1) and character.