Acts 17:13:24Acts.17.13.W24TAB
σαλεύοντες
saleuontes
“agitating”
- Transliteration
- sa-LEU-on-tes
- Extended
- sah-LEU-oh-ntes
- IPA
- /saˈleu.on.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- agitating
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| 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
sa-LEU-on-tes
- sentence
hōs de EG-nō-san hoi a-PO tês the-sa-lo-NI-kês iou-da-IOI HO-ti kai en têi be-ro-I-a ka-tēng-GE-lē hy-PO tou PAU-lou ho LO-gos tou the-OU ÊL-thon kak-EI sa-LEU-on-tes kai ta-RAS-son-tes tous O-khlous
Exegesis
The present participles saleuontes kai tarassontes {σαλεύοντες καὶ ταράσσοντες | saleúontes kaì tarássontes} are circumstantial, describing the manner in which they came—continually “shaking” and “disturbing”—and modify the same subject as elthon.
In context — Acts 17:13
But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God had also been proclaimed by Paul in Berea, they came there as well, agitating and troubling the crowds .
About this coordinate
Acts 17:13:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Acts 17:13, so the Greek word σαλεύοντες (saleuontes) 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.17.13.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.13.W24.S1) and character.