Acts 13:3:2Acts.13.3.W2TAB
νηστεύσαντες
nêsteusantes
“having fasted”
- Transliteration
- nê-steu-SAN-tes
- Extended
- nê-steu-SAHN-tehs
- IPA
- /nɛː.steuˈsan.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having fasted
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nê-steu-SAN-tes
- sentence
TO-te nê-steu-SAN-tes KAI pro-seu-KSA-me-noi KAI e-pi-THEHN-tes tas KHEI-ras au-TOIS a-PE-ly-san
Exegesis
Three aorist participles—nesteusantes {νηστεύσαντες | nē-steú-san-tes}, proseuxamenoi {προσευξάμενοι | pro-seuxá-me-noi}, and epithentes {ἐπιθέντες | e-pi-thén-tes}—function as circumstantial participles in the nominative plural, describing preliminary acts of fasting, praying, and laying on of hands.
In context — Acts 13:3
Then, after they had fasted and prayed, and after laying their hands on them, they released them to go.
About this coordinate
Acts 13:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 13:3, so the Greek word νηστεύσαντες (nêsteusantes) 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.13.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.3.W2.S1) and character.