Acts 19:13:1Acts.19.13.W1TAB
Ἐπεχείρησαν
epekheerêsan
“They attempted”
- Transliteration
- e-pe-KHEE-rê-san
- Extended
- eh-peh-KHEE-rê-sahn
- IPA
- /e.peˈkʰɛː.rɛː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- They attempted
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
e-pe-KHEE-rê-san
- sentence
e-pe-KHEE-rê-san de TI-nes KAI tôn pe-ri-er-kho-ME-nôn i-ou-da-I-ôn ek-sor-ki-STÔN o-no-MA-dzein e-PI tous E-khon-tas ta PNEU-ma-ta ta po-nê-RA to O-no-ma tou KY-ree-ou ee-ay-SOO LE-gon-tes hor-KI-dzô hy-MAS ton ee-ay-SOON hon PAU-los kê-RYSS-sei
Exegesis
The verse opens with the aorist verb epecheiresan {Ἐπεχείρησαν | Epecheírēsan} ‘they attempted’, introducing a new narrative action and setting a somewhat formal tone.
Root and etymology
cheirkhi–epsilon–iota–rho
“hand, power, agency”
In context — Acts 19:13
But some also of the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.”
About this coordinate
Acts 19:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 19:13, so the Greek word Ἐπεχείρησαν (epekheerêsan) 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.19.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.13.W1.S1) and character.