Acts 17:9:11Acts.17.9.W11TAB
ἀπέλυσαν
apelysan
“they released”
- Transliteration
- a-PE-ly-san
- Extended
- ah-PEH-ly-sahn
- IPA
- /aˈpe.ly.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- they released
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| 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
a-PE-ly-san
- sentence
KAI la-BON-tes to hi-ka-NON pa-RA tou i-A-so-nos KAI tôn loi-PON a-PE-ly-san au-TOUS
Exegesis
The main clause centers on apelusan {ἀπέλυσαν | apélusan} ‘they released’, which takes autous {αὐτούς | autoús} ‘them’ as its direct object, referring to those previously brought before the authorities. The sequence of aorist participle plus aorist indicative presents a compact narrative: once the required bond had been taken, the authorities proceeded to release the accused. English renders the participial construction as a temporal or conditional clause (“after receiving”) to make this causal-temporal relationship explicit for modern readers.
Root and etymology
apoluoalpha–pi–omicron–lambda–upsilon–omega
“to release, set free”
In context — Acts 17:9
And having taken what was sufficient from Jason and the rest , they released them.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:9:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 17:9, so the Greek word ἀπέλυσαν (apelysan) 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.17.9.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.9.W11.S1) and character.