Acts 15:20:5Acts.15.20.W5TAB
ἀπέχεσθαι
apekhesthai
“to abstain”
- Transliteration
- a-PE-khe-sthai
- Extended
- ah-PEH-khehs-thai
- IPA
- /aˈpe.kʰes.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to abstain
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
a-PE-khe-sthai
- 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 articular infinitive tou apekhesthai {τοῦ ἀπέχεσθαι | toû apékhesthai} substantivally conveys the directive “to abstain from,” and it governs a coordinated series of four genitive nouns—each with its own article and joined by kai {καὶ | kaí}.
Root and etymology
apekhoalpha–pi–epsilon–chi–omega
“to keep away, be distant”
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 15:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 15:20, so the Greek word ἀπέχεσθαι (apekhesthai) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.20.W5.S1) and character.