Acts 13:22:2Acts.13.22.W2TAB
μεταστήσας
metastêsas
“having removed”
- Transliteration
- me-ta-STÊ-sas
- Extended
- meh-tah-STÊÊ-sahs
- IPA
- /me.taˈstɛː.sas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having removed
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-ta-STÊ-sas
- sentence
KAI me-ta-STÊ-sas au-TON Ê-gei-ren ton da-UID au-TOIS eis ba-si-LE-a HÔ KAI EI-pen mar-ty-RÊ-sas HEU-ron da-UID ton tou ie-sa-AI AN-dra ka-TA tên kar-di-A N mou hos poi-Ê-sei PAN-ta ta the-LÊ-ma-TA mou
Exegesis
The aorist participle metastesas {μεταστήσας | metastḗsas} “having removed” functions temporally and causally, indicating that the removal of the previous king precedes and sets up the next action.
In context — Acts 13:22
And after removing him, He raised up David for them as king, to whom He also said, after bearing witness, “I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart , who will do all My will.”
About this coordinate
Acts 13:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 13:22, so the Greek word μεταστήσας (metastêsas) 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.13.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.22.W2.S1) and character.