Acts 17:5:1Acts.17.5.W1TAB
ζηλώσαντες
dzêlosantes
“having become jealous”
- Transliteration
- dzê-LO-san-tes
- Extended
- dzeh-LOH-sahn-tehs
- IPA
- /d͡zeˈlo.san.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having become jealous
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
dzê-LO-san-tes
- sentence
dzê-LO-san-tes de hoi i-ou-DAI-oi kai pros-la-BO-me-noi tôn a-go-RAI-ôn AN-dras ti-NAS po-nê-ROUS kai okh-lo-poi-Ê-san-tes e-tho-RY-boun tên PO-lin kai e-pi-STAN-tes tê oi-KI-a i-A-so-nos e-DZÊ-toun au-TOUS pro-a-ga-GEIN eis ton DÊ-mon
Exegesis
The sentence begins with the aorist participle zelosantes {ζηλώσαντες | zē-lō-san-tes} “having become jealous,” which functions adverbially to give the cause or motivation for the actions that follow.
Root and etymology
zeloozeta–eta–lambda–omicron–omega
“to be jealous, to be zealous”
In context — Acts 17:5
But the Jews , having become jealous, and having taken along some wicked men from among the market-dwellers, formed a mob and were throwing the city into an uproar. And having come upon the house of Jason, they were seeking to bring them out to the assembly .
About this coordinate
Acts 17:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 17:5, so the Greek word ζηλώσαντες (dzêlosantes) 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.17.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.5.W1.S1) and character.