Acts 15:40:6Acts.15.40.W6TAB
παραδοθεὶς
paradotheis
“having been handed over”
- Transliteration
- pa-ra-do-THEIS
- Extended
- pah-rah-doh-THEIS
- IPA
- /pa.ra.doˈtʰeis/
Meaning by language
- English
- having been handed over
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pa-ra-do-THEIS
- sentence
PAU-los de e-pi-le-KSA-me-nos si-LAN ex-ÊL-then pa-ra-do-THEIS tê KHA-ri-ti tou ky-REE-ou hy-PO tôn a-del-PHÔN
Exegesis
The main verb exelthen {ἐξῆλθεν | ex-ēl-then} ‘went out’ propels the narrative and is accompanied by the aorist passive participle paradotheis {παραδοθεὶς | pa-ra-do-theìs} ‘having been commended’ functioning adverbially to indicate communal entrustment.
Root and etymology
paradidomipa-ra-dí-dō-mi
“to hand over, entrust”
In context — Acts 15:40
But Paul chose Silas, and he went out, having been entrusted to the grace of the Lord by the brothers .
About this coordinate
Acts 15:40:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 15:40, so the Greek word παραδοθεὶς (paradotheis) 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.15.40.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.40.W6.S1) and character.