Acts 18:26:8Acts.18.26.W8TAB
ἀκούσαντες
akousantes
“having heard”
- Transliteration
- a-KOU-san-tes
- Extended
- ah-KOO-sahn-tehs
- IPA
- /aˈkuː.san.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having heard
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| 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
a-KOU-san-tes
- sentence
hou-TOS te ÊR-ksa-to par-rhê-si-A-dze-s-thai en tê sy-na-gô-GÊ a-KOU-san-tes de au-TOU PRIS-kil-la kai a-KY-las pro-se-LA-bon-to au-TON kai a-kri-BE-ste-ron au-TÔ ek-SE-then-to tên ho-DON tou the-OU
Exegesis
The aorist participle akousantes {ἀκούσαντες | a-koú-san-tes} introduces a temporal clause (“when they heard”), with autou {αὐτοῦ | au-toû} as its genitive object.
In context — Acts 18:26
He initiated a bold discourse in the synagogue, and when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they drew him aside and expounded the way of God to him with increased precision .
About this coordinate
Acts 18:26:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 18:26, so the Greek word ἀκούσαντες (akousantes) 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.18.26.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.26.W8.S1) and character.