Acts 16:23:9Acts.16.23.W9TAB
παραγγείλαντες
paranggeilantes
“ordering”
- Transliteration
- pa-rang-GEI-lan-tes
- Extended
- pah-rang-GEI-lahn-tes
- IPA
- /pa.raŋˈgei.lan.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- ordering
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 | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pa-rang-GEI-lan-tes
- sentence
pol-LAS te e-pi-THE(N)-tes au-TOIS plê-GAS E-ba-lon eis phy-la-KÊN pa-rang-GEI-lan-tes tôi des-mo-PHY-la-ki as-pha-LÔS tê-REIN au-TOUS
Exegesis
Parangeilantes {παραγγείλαντες | parangeílantes} ‘having commanded’ is a second aorist participle in attendant circumstance, taking the dative tō desmophylaki {τῷ δεσμοφύλακι | tôi desmophýlaki} ‘to the jailer’ and completing its action with the infinitive tērein autous {τηρεῖν αὐτούς | tēreîn autoús}, qualified by the adverb asphalōs {ἀσφαλῶς | asphalôs} ‘securely’ to indicate the strict manner of confinement.
In context — Acts 16:23
After inflicting many blows on them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to guard them securely .
About this coordinate
Acts 16:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 16:23, so the Greek word παραγγείλαντες (paranggeilantes) 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.16.23.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.23.W9.S1) and character.