Acts 16:15:22Acts.16.15.W22TAB
μένετε
menete
“stay”
- Transliteration
- ME-ne-te
- Extended
- MEH-neh-teh
- IPA
- /ˈme.ne.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- stay
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
ME-ne-te
- sentence
hôs de e-bap-TIS-thê KAI ho OI-kos au-TÊS pa-re-KA-le-sen LE-gou-sa EI ke-KRI-ka-TE me pis-TÊN tôi KY-ree-ôi EI-nai ei-sel-THON-tes eis ton oi-KON mou ME-ne-te KAI pa-re-bi-A-sa-to hê-MAS
Exegesis
The aorist participle eiselthóntes {εἰσελθόντες | eiselthóntes} ‘having entered’ in attendant-circumstance relation with the imperative ménete {μένετε | ménete} yields ‘enter and stay’.
In context — Acts 16:15
After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord , come into my house and stay.” And she strongly persuaded us.
About this coordinate
Acts 16:15:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of Acts 16:15, so the Greek word μένετε (menete) 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.16.15.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.15.W22.S1) and character.