Acts 16:25:12Acts.16.25.W12TAB
ἐπηκροῶντο
epêkroônto
“were listening”
- Transliteration
- e-pê-kro-ÔN-to
- Extended
- eh-pay-kroh-OHN-toh
- IPA
- /e.pɛː.kroˈɔːn.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- were listening
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
- word
e-pê-kro-ÔN-to
- sentence
ka-TA de to me-so-NUK-ti-on PAU-los KAI si-LAS pro-seu-KHO-me-noi HUM-noun ton the-ON e-pê-kro-ÔN-to de au-TÔN hoi DES-mi-oi
Exegesis
The clause beginning with the imperfect epēkroônto {ἐπηκροῶντο | epēkroônto} ‘they were listening attentively’ uses the genitive autôn {αὐτῶν | autôn} ‘of them’ to indicate whose actions are heard and hoi désmioi {οἱ δέσμιοι | hoi désmioi} ‘the prisoners’ as the subject receiving the auditory action.
In context — Acts 16:25
At midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God , and the prisoners were listening attentively to them.
About this coordinate
Acts 16:25:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 16:25, so the Greek word ἐπηκροῶντο (epêkroônto) 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.16.25.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.25.W12.S1) and character.