Acts 17:22:1Acts.17.22.W1TAB
Σταθεὶς
statheis
“having stood”
- Transliteration
- sta-THEIS
- Extended
- stah-THEIS
- IPA
- /staˈtʰeis/
Meaning by language
- English
- having stood
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sta-THEIS
- sentence
sta-THEIS de PAU-los en ME-sō tou a-REI-ou PA-gou E-phē AN-dres a-thē-NAI-oi ka-TA PAN-ta hōs dei-si-dai-mo-ne-STE-rous hy-MAS the-ō-RŌ
Exegesis
The verse opens with the circumstantial participial clause statheis de Paulos {Σταθεὶς δὲ Παῦλος | Stathéis dè Paûlos} ‘Paul, having stood,’ which sets the physical and rhetorical posture of the speaker prior to the main action.
Root and etymology
histēmieta–iota–sigma–tau–eta–mu–iota
“to cause to stand, to set in place”
In context — Acts 17:22
Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, in every respect I perceive that you are very religious .”
About this coordinate
Acts 17:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 17:22, so the Greek word Σταθεὶς (statheis) 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.17.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.22.W1.S1) and character.