Acts 14:23:16Acts.14.23.W16TAB
πεπιστεύκεισαν
pepisteykeisan
“they had believed”
- Transliteration
- pe-pi-STEY-kei-san
- Extended
- peh-pee-STEI-kei-sahn
- IPA
- /pe.piˈsteu̯.kɛi̯.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- they had believed
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | 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 | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pe-pi-STEY-kei-san
- sentence
khei-ro-to-NEE-san-tes de au-TOIS kat ek-klê-SI-an pres-by-TE-rous pro-seu-KSA-me-noi me-TA nê-stei-ÔN pa-RE-the(n)-to au-TOUS tôi KY-ree-ôi eis hon pe-pi-STEY-kei-san
Exegesis
The relative clause eis hon pepisteukeisan {εἰς ὃν πεπιστεύκεισαν | eis hòn pepisteúkēsan} ‘into Whom they had believed’ uses the pluperfect to emphasize the established nature of their faith prior to entrusting them to the Lord.
Root and etymology
pisteuōpi–iota–sigma–tau–epsilon–upsilon–omega
“to believe, trust”
In context — Acts 14:23
Once they had appointed elders for them in every church, they offered prayer and fasting and then handed those leaders over to the Lord in Whom they had believed .
About this coordinate
Acts 14:23:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 14:23, so the Greek word πεπιστεύκεισαν (pepisteykeisan) 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.14.23.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.23.W16.S1) and character.