Acts 14:21:7Acts.14.21.W7TAB
μαθητεύσαντες
mathêteusantes
“having made disciples”
- Transliteration
- ma-thê-TEU-san-tes
- Extended
- mah-thêh-TEU-sahn-tehs
- IPA
- /ma.tʰɛːˈteu.san.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having made disciples
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ma-thê-TEU-san-tes
- sentence
eu-an-ge-li-SA-me-noi te tên PO-lin e-KEI-nên KAI ma-thê-TEU-san-tes hi-ka-NOUS hy-PE-stre-psan eis tên LYS-tran KAI eis i-KO-ni-on KAI eis an-ti-O-khe-i-an
Exegesis
The verse uses consecutive aorist participles euangelisamenoi {Εὐαγγελισάμενοι | Eu-an-ge-li-sá-me-noi} ‘having proclaimed good news’ and matheteusantes {μαθητεύσαντες | ma-thē-teú-san-tes} ‘having made disciples’ to frame events prior to the main verb hypestrepsan {ὑπέστρεψαν | hy-pé-strep-san} ‘they returned.’
In context — Acts 14:21
And after they had proclaimed the good news in that city and had made many disciples , they turned back to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch.
About this coordinate
Acts 14:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 14:21, so the Greek word μαθητεύσαντες (mathêteusantes) 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.14.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.21.W7.S1) and character.