Acts 16:19:13Acts.16.19.W13TAB
ἐπιλαβόμενοι
epilabomenoi
“having seized”
- Transliteration
- e-pi-la-BO-me-noi
- Extended
- eh-pih-lah-BOH-meh-noi
- IPA
- /e.pi.laˈbo.me.noi/
Meaning by language
- English
- having seized
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
e-pi-la-BO-me-noi
- sentence
i-DON-tes de hoi KY-ree-oi au-TÊS HO-ti ek-EX-êl-then hê el-PIS tês er-ga-SI-as au-TÔN e-pi-la-BO-me-noi ton PAU-lon kai ton si-LÂN HEIL-ky-san eis tên a-go-RAN e-PI tous AR-khon-tas
Exegesis
The participle epilabomenoi {ἐπιλαβόμενοι | epilabó-menoi} ‘having seized’ expresses attendant circumstance, indicating how they acted.
In context — Acts 16:19
When her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers .
About this coordinate
Acts 16:19:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 16:19, so the Greek word ἐπιλαβόμενοι (epilabomenoi) 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.16.19.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.19.W13.S1) and character.