Acts 17:32:1Acts.17.32.W1TAB
Ἀκούσαντες
akousantes
“Having heard”
- Transliteration
- a-KOU-san-tes
- Extended
- ah-KOO-san-tehs
- IPA
- /aˈkuː.san.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- Having heard
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-KOU-san-tes
- sentence
a-KOU-san-tes de a-NA-sta-sin ne-KRÔN hoi men e-KHLEU-a-dzon hoi de EI-pan a-kou-SO-me-tha sou pe-RI TOU-tou kai PA-lin
Exegesis
The sentence opens with the aorist participle akousantes {Ἀκούσαντες | Akoúsantes} ‘having heard’, functioning as a circumstantial participle that sets the background for the main finite verbs.
In context — Acts 17:32
But when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some indeed mocked , but others said, “We will hear you again concerning this.”
About this coordinate
Acts 17:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 17:32, so the Greek word Ἀκούσαντες (akousantes) 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.17.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.32.W1.S1) and character.