Acts 17:19:1Acts.17.19.W1TAB
ἐπιλαβόμενοί
epilabomenoi
“having taken hold”
- Transliteration
- e-pi-la-BO-me-noi
- Extended
- eh-pih-lah-BOH-meh-NOI
- IPA
- /e.pi.la.boˈme.noi/
Meaning by language
- English
- having taken hold
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
e-pi-la-BO-me-noi
- sentence
e-pi-la-BO-me-noi te au-TOU e-PI ton A-rei-on PA-gon Ê-ga-gon LE-gon-tes dy-NA-me-tha GNÔ-nai TIS hê kai-NÊ HAU-tê hê hy-PO sou la-lou-ME-nê di-da-KHÊ
Exegesis
The participle epilabomenoi {ἐπιλαβόμενοί | epilabómenoi} ‘having taken hold of’ functions adverbially, coordinating temporally with the main verb egagon {ἤγαγον | ḗgagon} ‘they brought,’ which moves the narrative subject to a new location.
In context — Acts 17:19
And having taken hold of him, they brought him to the Areopagus , saying, “Are we able to know what this new teaching is that is being spoken by you?”
About this coordinate
Acts 17:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 17:19, so the Greek word ἐπιλαβόμενοί (epilabomenoi) 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.17.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.19.W1.S1) and character.