Acts 13:29:3Acts.13.29.W3TAB

ἐτέλεσαν

etelesan

they completed

Transliteration
e-TE-le-san
Extended
eh-TEH-leh-sahn
IPA
/eˈte.le.san/

Meaning by language

English
they completed

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Result
ἐ + τέ + λε + σαν
e + te + le + san
etelesan

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Taut — as in top
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Lambdal — as in law
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Sigmas — as in sit
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    e-TE-le-san

  2. 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 verse begins with the temporal conjunction hos de {ὡς δὲ | hōs dè} followed by the aorist verb etelesan {ἐτέλεσαν | etélesan}, forming a temporal clause “when they completed,” which sets the time frame for the subsequent actions.

In contextActs 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 13:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 13:29, so the Greek word ἐτέλεσαν (etelesan) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.29.W3.S1) and character.