Acts 15:10:21Acts.15.10.W21TAB
ἰσχύσαμεν
iskhysamen
“were able”
- Transliteration
- is-KHY-sa-men
- Extended
- ihs-KHY-sah-mehn
- IPA
- /isˈkʰy.sa.men/
Meaning by language
- English
- were able
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
is-KHY-sa-men
- sentence
nyyn oun TEE pei-RA-dze-te ton the-ON e-pi-THEI-nai zy-GON e-PI ton TRA-khê-lon tôn ma-thê-TÔN hon OU-te hoi pa-TE-res hê-MON OU-te hê-MEIS is-KHY-sa-men bas-TA-sai
Exegesis
nor” links two subjects—our fathers and we—under the aorist ischysamen bastasai {ἰσχύσαμεν βαστάσαι | is-khý-sa-men bas-tá-sai}, highlighting a complete inability. This single, forceful interrogative structure underscores the rejection of additional burdens on new believers.
In context — Acts 15:10
Now then, why are you testing God by setting a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we had strength to bear?
About this coordinate
Acts 15:10:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Acts 15:10, so the Greek word ἰσχύσαμεν (iskhysamen) 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.15.10.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.10.W21.S1) and character.