Acts 15:36:25Acts.15.36.W25TAB
ἔχουσιν
ekhousin
“they have”
- Transliteration
- E-khou-sin
- Extended
- EH-khoh-oo-sihn
- IPA
- /ˈe.kʰu.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- they have
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
E-khou-sin
- sentence
me-TA de ti-NAS hê-ME-ras EI-pen pros bar-na-BAN PAU-los e-pi-STRE-psan-tes de e-pi-ske-PSŌ-me-tha tous a-del-PHOUS ka-TA PO-lin PA-san en hais ka-têŋ-GEI-la-men ton LO-gon tou ky-REE-ou pôs E-khou-sin
Exegesis
The clause pôs echousin {πῶς ἔχουσιν | pôs échousin} “how they are” uses echō idiomatically to ask after ongoing condition. In English, the Greek participle-plus-subjunctive is rendered with coordinated finite verbs to preserve the sense of planned pastoral visitation.
In context — Acts 15:36
After some days, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord , and see how they are doing .”
About this coordinate
Acts 15:36:25 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 25 of Acts 15:36, so the Greek word ἔχουσιν (ekhousin) 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.15.36.W25, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.36.W25.S1) and character.