Acts 15:20:2Acts.15.20.W2TAB
ἐπιστεῖλαι
episteilai
“to write”
- Transliteration
- e-pi-STEI-lai
- Extended
- eh-pih-STEE-lai
- IPA
- /e.piˈstiː.lai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to write
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
e-pi-STEI-lai
- sentence
al-LA e-pi-STEI-lai au-TOIS tou a-PE-khe-sthai tôn a-lis-gê-MA-tōn tôn ei-DŌ-lōn KAI tês por-NEI-as KAI tou pni-KTOU KAI tou HAI-ma-tos
Exegesis
The infinitive episteilai {ἐπιστεῖλαί | episteîlai} functions as the main verbal action “to write,” taking the dative autois {αὐτοῖς | autoîs} as its indirect object.
Root and etymology
pistispi–iota–sigma–tau–iota–sigma
“faith, trust, reliance”
In context — Acts 15:20
Instead, we should write to them to abstain from the pollutions of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood .
About this coordinate
Acts 15:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 15:20, so the Greek word ἐπιστεῖλαι (episteilai) 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.15.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.20.W2.S1) and character.