Acts 15:24:17Acts.15.24.W17TAB
διεστειλάμεθα
diesteilametha
“we instructed”
- Transliteration
- di-es-tei-LA-me-tha
- Extended
- dih-ehs-tei-LAH-meh-thah
- IPA
- /di.es.teiˈla.me.tʰa/
Meaning by language
- English
- we instructed
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| 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 | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
di-es-tei-LA-me-tha
- sentence
e-pei-DEE ê-KOU-sa-men HO-ti ti-NES eks hê-MON ek-sel-THON-tes e-TA-rak-san hy-MAS LO-gois a-na-ske-WA-dzon-tes tas psy-KHAS hy-MÔN hois ou di-es-tei-LA-me-tha
Exegesis
Finally, the relative clause hois ou diesteilametha {οἷς οὐ διεστειλάμεθα | hois ou di-es-tei-lá-me-tha} dissociates the authors by stating ‘to whom we did not give instructions,’ using the aorist middle to stress deliberate non-endorsement. This complex sentence structure layers causal, participial, and relative clauses to explain both the disturbance and the absence of apostolic sanction.
In context — Acts 15:24
Since we have heard that certain ones went out from among us and troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, to whom we gave no instruction.
About this coordinate
Acts 15:24:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 15:24, so the Greek word διεστειλάμεθα (diesteilametha) 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.15.24.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.24.W17.S1) and character.