Acts 13:29:12Acts.13.29.W12TAB
ξύλου
ksylou
“tree”
- Transliteration
- KSY-lou
- Extended
- KSY-loo
- IPA
- /ˈksy.luː/
Meaning by language
- English
- tree
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Alphabet Analysis
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
KSY-lou
- sentence
hōs de e-TE-le-san PAN-ta ta pe-RI au-TOU ge-gra-ME-na ka-the-LON-tes a-PO tou KSY-lou E-the-kan eis mnē-MEI-on
Exegesis
The participle kathelontes {καθελόντες | kathelóntes}, together with its prepositional phrase apo tou xylou {ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου | apó toû xýlou} “from the tree,” functions as an adverbial participle of attendant circumstance or sequence, describing an action performed by the same implicit subject as the main verb.
In context — Acts 13:29
And when they had completed all the things that were written concerning Him , having taken Him down from the tree , they placed Him in a tomb.
About this coordinate
Acts 13:29:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 13:29, so the Greek word ξύλου (ksylou) 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.13.29.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.29.W12.S1) and character.