Acts 17:15:11Acts.17.15.W11TAB
ἐντολὴν
entolên
“a command”
- Transliteration
- en-to-LÊN
- Extended
- ehn-toh-LAYN
- IPA
- /en.toˈlɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- a command
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
en-to-LÊN
- sentence
hoi de ka-thi-STA-non-tes ton PAU-lon Ê-ga-gon HE-ōs a-thê-NŌN kai la-BON-tes en-to-LÊN pros ton si-LÂN kai ton ti-MO-the-on HI-na hōs TA-khi-sta EL-thō-sin pros au-TON ek-SÊ-e-san
Exegesis
A second participial clause, labontes entolēn {λαβόντες ἐντολὴν | labóntes entolḗn} ‘having received a command’, is temporally subordinate and precedes the final action, indicating that the receipt of the message occurs before their departure.
Root and etymology
entellomaiepsilon–nu–tau–epsilon–lambda–lambda–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to command, give orders”
In context — Acts 17:15
But those who were conducting Paul brought him as far as Athens, and having received a command for Silas and Timothy that they should come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:15:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 17:15, so the Greek word ἐντολὴν (entolên) 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.17.15.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.15.W11.S1) and character.