Acts 16:27:17Acts.16.27.W17TAB
ἑαυτὸν
heauton
“himself”
- Transliteration
- he-au-TON
- Extended
- heh-au-TOHN
- IPA
- /he.auˈton/
Meaning by language
- English
- himself
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
he-au-TON
- sentence
EK-sy-pnos DE ge-NO-me-nos ho des-mo-PHY-laks KAI i-DON a-ne-oiɣ-ME-nas tas THY-ras tês phy-la-KÊS spa-SA-me-nos tên MA-khai-ran Ê-mel-len he-au-TON a-nai-REIN no-MI-dzōn ek-pe-pheu-GE-nai tous des-MI-ous
Exegesis
A second middle participle, spasamenos {σπασάμενος | spasámenos} ‘having drawn,’ leads into the finite imperfect verb ḗmellen {ἤμελλεν | ḗmellen} ‘was about’ with the infinitive anairein {ἀναιρεῖν | anaireîn} ‘to kill,’ supplying the reflexive pronoun heauton {ἑαυτὸν | heautòn} as its object.
In context — Acts 16:27
When the jailer woke to find the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, assuming the prisoners had escaped.
About this coordinate
Acts 16:27:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 16:27, so the Greek word ἑαυτὸν (heauton) 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.16.27.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.27.W17.S1) and character.