Acts 14:5:3Acts.14.5.W3TAB

ἐγένετο

egheneto

it happened

Transliteration
e-GHE-ne-to
Extended
eh-GHEh-neh-toh
IPA
/eˈɣe.ne.to/

Meaning by language

English
it happened

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Result
ἐ + γέ + νε + το
e + ghe + ne + to
egheneto

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Gammagh — guttural
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Taut — as in top
Omicrono — as in omit (short)

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Word in context

  1. word

    e-GHE-ne-to

  2. sentence

    hōs de e-GHE-ne-to hor-MÊ tôn e-thNÔN te kai i-ou-dai-ÔN syn tois AR-khou-sin au-TÔN hy-BRI-sai kai li-tho-bo-LÊ-sai au-TOUS

Exegesis

The impersonal verb egéneto {ἐγένετο | egéneto} ‘it happened’ takes the noun hormḗ {ὁρμή | hormḗ} ‘assault, rush’ as its nominative subject.

In contextActs 14:5

But when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their rulers, to mistreat and to stone them.

About this coordinate

Acts 14:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 14:5, so the Greek word ἐγένετο (egheneto) 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.14.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.5.W3.S1) and character.