Acts 15:24:2Acts.15.24.W2TAB
ἠκούσαμεν
êkousamen
“we heard”
- Transliteration
- ê-KOU-sa-men
- Extended
- ay-KOO-sah-mehn
- IPA
- /ɛːˈku.sa.men/
Meaning by language
- English
- we heard
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ê-KOU-sa-men
- 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
The aorist indicative akousamen {ἠκούσαμεν | ē-koú-sa-men} ‘we heard’ frames the information as a completed report.
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 15:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 15:24, so the Greek word ἠκούσαμεν (êkousamen) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.24.W2.S1) and character.