Acts 14:1:16Acts.14.1.W16TAB
λαλῆσαι
lalêsai
“to speak”
- Transliteration
- la-LÊ-sai
- Extended
- lah-LAY-sai
- IPA
- /laˈlɛː.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to speak
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
la-LÊ-sai
- sentence
e-GE-ne-to de en i-ko-NI-ō ka-TA to au-TO ei-sel-THEIN au-TOUS eis tēn sy-na-gō-GĒN tōn i-ou-da-I-ōn kai la-LÊ-sai HOU-tōs HŌ-ste pi-STEÛ-sai i-ou-da-I-ōn te kai hel-LĒ-nōn po-LY PLÊ-thos
Exegesis
The coordinated infinitive lalēsai {λαλῆσαι | lalêsai} joined by kai {καὶ | kaí} elaborates that they spoke, and the adverb houtōs {οὕτως | hoútōs} qualifies the manner of speaking.
In context — Acts 14:1
In Iconium they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews , and they spoke in such a way that a great multitude of both Jews and Greeks came to believe .
About this coordinate
Acts 14:1:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 14:1, so the Greek word λαλῆσαι (lalêsai) 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.14.1.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.1.W16.S1) and character.