Acts 15:23:1Acts.15.23.W1TAB
γράψαντες
grapsantes
“having written”
- Transliteration
- GRA-psan-tes
- Extended
- GRAH-psahn-tehs
- IPA
- /ˈgra.psan.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having written
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
GRA-psan-tes
- sentence
GRA-psan-tes di-A khei-ROS au-TON hoi a-PO-sto-loi KAI hoi pres-BY-te-roi a-del-PHOI tois ka-TA tên an-ti-O-khei-an KAI SY-ri-an KAI ki-li-KI-an a-del-PHOIS tois eks eth-NÔN KHAI-rein
Exegesis
The verse begins with the aorist participle grapsantes dia cheiros autōn {γράψαντες διὰ χειρὸς αὐτῶν | grá-psan-tes diá khei-ròs autō̂n}, indicating that the senders themselves executed the writing, with dia governing the genitive cheiros autōn to stress personal authorship.
Root and etymology
graphōgamma–rho–alpha–phi–omega
“to write, inscribe”
In context — Acts 15:23
Having written by their own hand, the apostles and the elders, brothers , to the brothers from among the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: greetings .
About this coordinate
Acts 15:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 15:23, so the Greek word γράψαντες (grapsantes) 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.15.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.23.W1.S1) and character.