Acts 17:34:6Acts.17.34.W6TAB
ἐπίστευσαν
episteusan
“they believed”
- Transliteration
- e-PI-steu-san
- Extended
- eh-PIH-steu-sahn
- IPA
- /eˈpis.teu.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- they believed
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-PI-steu-san
- sentence
ti-NES de AN-dres kol-lê-THEN-tes au-TOI e-PI-steu-san en hois kai di-o-NY-si-os ho a-re-o-pa-GI-tês kai gy-NÊ o-NO-ma-ti DA-ma-ris kai HE-te-roi syn au-TOIS
Exegesis
The aorist passive participle kollēthentes {κολληθέντες | kol-lē-thén-tes} precedes the main verb episteusan {ἐπίστευσαν | e-pí-steu-san}, forming a participle–finite verb sequence where the joining to Paul and the believing are closely linked actions, either sequential or nearly simultaneous.
In context — Acts 17:34
But some men joined themselves to him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:34:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 17:34, so the Greek word ἐπίστευσαν (episteusan) 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.17.34.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.34.W6.S1) and character.