Acts 16:24:14Acts.16.24.W14TAB
ἠσφαλίσατο
êsphaleesato
“he fastened”
- Transliteration
- ê-spha-LEE-sa-to
- Extended
- ay-sphah-LEE-sah-toh
- IPA
- /ɛː.sphaˈli.sa.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- he fastened
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
- word
ê-spha-LEE-sa-to
- sentence
hos pa-rang-ge-LEE-an toi-AU-tên la-BON E-ba-len au-TOUS eis tên e-sô-TE-ran phy-la-KÊN KAI tous PO-das ê-spha-LEE-sa-to au-TÔN eis to KSY-lon
Exegesis
The conjunction kai {καί | kaí} coordinates the middle-voice verb esphalisato {ἠσφαλίσατο | ē-spha-lí-sa-to} ‘he secured’, which takes tous podas auton {τοὺς πόδας αὐτῶν | toús pó-das au-tôn} ‘their feet’ as direct object and eis to xylon {εἰς τὸ ξύλον | eis tó xý-lon} ‘into the stocks’ as its complement. The sequence participle + aorist verbs underscores a swift, decisive response shaped by obedience to authority.
In context — Acts 16:24
Having received such an order , he confined them to the inner prison and secured their feet to the stocks .
About this coordinate
Acts 16:24:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Acts 16:24, so the Greek word ἠσφαλίσατο (êsphaleesato) 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.16.24.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.24.W14.S1) and character.