Acts 14:19:22Acts.14.19.W22TAB
τεθνηκέναι
tethnêkenai
“to have died”
- Transliteration
- te-thnê-KE-nai
- Extended
- teh-thnê-KEH-nai
- IPA
- /te.tʰnɛːˈke.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to have died
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
te-thnê-KE-nai
- sentence
e-PEE-lthan de a-PO an-ti-o-khe-IAS kai i-ko-NI-ou i-ou-da-IOI kai PEI-san-tes tous OKH-lous kai li-THA-san-tes ton PAU-lon E-sy-ron EK-sô tês PO-le-ôs no-MI-dzon-tes au-TON te-thnê-KE-nai
Exegesis
The present participle nomizontes {νομίζοντες | no-mí-zon-tes} introduces a circumstantial clause of attendant perception, expressing the attackers’ ongoing assumption, while the perfect infinitive tethnekenai {τεθνηκέναι | teth-nē-ke-nai} denotes a completed state “to have died.”
Root and etymology
thneskotheta–nu–eta–sigma–kappa–omega
“to die”
In context — Acts 14:19
But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after persuading the crowds and stoning Paul, they dragged him outside the city, assuming him to be dead.
About this coordinate
Acts 14:19:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of Acts 14:19, so the Greek word τεθνηκέναι (tethnêkenai) 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.14.19.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.19.W22.S1) and character.