Acts 15:5:10Acts.15.5.W10TAB
πεπιστευκότες
pepisteukotes
“having believed”
- Transliteration
- pe-pi-steu-KO-tes
- Extended
- peh-pih-steu-KOH-tehs
- IPA
- /pe.pi.steuˈko.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having believed
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| 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
pe-pi-steu-KO-tes
- sentence
ek-sa-NE-stê-san de TI-nes tôn a-PO tês hai-RE-se-ôs tôn pha-ri-sa-I-ôn pe-pi-steu-KO-tes LE-gon-tes HO-ti DEI pe-ri-TEM-nein au-TOUS pa-rang-GEL-lein te tê-REIN ton NO-mon mô-y-sE-ôs
Exegesis
The perfect participle pepisteukotes {πεπιστευκότες | pepisteukótes} ‘having believed’ modifies these Pharisees, identifying them as new adherents.
In context — Acts 15:5
But some who had believed, from the sect of the Pharisees, stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”
About this coordinate
Acts 15:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Acts 15:5, so the Greek word πεπιστευκότες (pepisteukotes) 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.15.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.5.W10.S1) and character.