Acts 18:23:2Acts.18.23.W2TAB
ποιήσας
poiêsas
“having done”
- Transliteration
- poi-Ê-sas
- Extended
- poi-EH-sahs
- IPA
- /poiˈɛː.sas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having done
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
poi-Ê-sas
- sentence
KAI poi-Ê-sas KHRÓ-non ti-NA ek-ÊL-then di-er-KHO-me-nos ka-thek-SÊS tên ga-la-ti-KÊN KHÔ-ran KAI phry-GI-an stê-RI-zōn PAN-tas tous ma-thê-TAS
Exegesis
The verse begins with the aorist active participle poiēsas {ποιήσας | poiḗsas} ‘having done’, which functions temporally to introduce the background circumstance of a finite stay.
In context — Acts 18:23
After he spent a period of time there, he left and traveled through the Galatian region and Phrygia in sequence, strengthening all the disciples .
About this coordinate
Acts 18:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 18:23, so the Greek word ποιήσας (poiêsas) 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.18.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.23.W2.S1) and character.