Acts 17:8:1Acts.17.8.W1TAB
ἐτάραξαν
etaraksan
“they disturbed”
- Transliteration
- e-TA-ra-ksan
- Extended
- eh-TAH-rah-ksahn
- IPA
- /eˈta.ra.ksan/
Meaning by language
- English
- they disturbed
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-TA-ra-ksan
- sentence
e-TA-ra-ksan de ton O-khlon kai tous po-li-TA-rkhas a-KOU-on-tas TAU-ta
Exegesis
The sentence begins with the aorist verb etaraxan {ἐτάραξαν | etáraksan} ‘they disturbed,’ which carries the main narrative action and portrays a completed event in the past.
Root and etymology
tarassotau–alpha–rho–alpha–sigma–sigma–omega
“to stir, trouble, agitate”
In context — Acts 17:8
But they disturbed the crowd and the city officials when they heard these things.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 17:8, so the Greek word ἐτάραξαν (etaraksan) 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.17.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.8.W1.S1) and character.