Acts 13:43:23Acts.13.43.W23TAB
προσμένειν
prosmenein
“to remain”
- Transliteration
- pros-ME-nein
- Extended
- prohs-MEH-nein
- IPA
- /prosˈme.nein/
Meaning by language
- English
- to remain
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
pros-ME-nein
- sentence
ly-THEI-sēs de tês sy-na-gō-GÊS ē-ko-LOU-thē-san pol-LOI tôn iou-dai-ŌN KAI tôn se-bo-ME-nōn pro-sē-LY-tōn tō PAU-lō KAI tō bar-na-BA HOI-ti-nes pros-la-LOUN-tes au-TOIS E-pei-thon au-TOUS pros-ME-nein têi KHA-ri-ti tou the-OU
Exegesis
The present infinitive prosmenein {προσμένειν | prosménein} is a complementary infinitive that expresses the content or aim of their persuasion—continued steadfastness.
In context — Acts 13:43
And after the synagogue had been dismissed, many of the Jews and of the worshipping proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking with them, were persuading them to continue in the grace of God .
About this coordinate
Acts 13:43:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Acts 13:43, so the Greek word προσμένειν (prosmenein) 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.13.43.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.43.W23.S1) and character.