Acts 13:28:6Acts.13.28.W6TAB
ᾐτήσαντο
êitêsanto
“they asked”
- Transliteration
- êi-TÊ-san-to
- Extended
- êi-TÊH-sahn-toh
- IPA
- /ɛː.iˈtɛː.san.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- they asked
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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The word
Word in context
- word
êi-TÊ-san-to
- sentence
KAI mê-de-MI-an ai-TI-an tha-NA-tou heu-RON-tes êi-TÊ-san-to pi-LA-ton a-nai-re-THÊ-nai au-TON
Exegesis
The main verb ētēsanto {ᾐτήσαντο | ētḗsanto} is an aorist middle with a subject implied from context (“they,” the leaders), marking a deliberate, completed request.
In context — Acts 13:28
And though they found no cause of death in Him , they requested Pilate that He be put to death.
About this coordinate
Acts 13:28:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 13:28, so the Greek word ᾐτήσαντο (êitêsanto) 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.13.28.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.28.W6.S1) and character.