Acts 19:21:23Acts.19.21.W23TAB
γενέσθαι
genesthai
“to happen”
- Transliteration
- ge-NES-thai
- Extended
- geh-NES-thai
- IPA
- /geˈnes.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to happen
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ge-NES-thai
- sentence
hôs de e-plê-RÔ-thê TAU-ta E-the-to ho PAU-los en tôi PNEU-ma-ti di-el-THÔN tên ma-ke-do-NI-a(n) kai a-kha-I-a(n) po-REU-es-thai eis hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma ei-PÔN HO-ti me-TA to ge-NES-thai me e-KEI DEI me kai RÔ-mê(n) i-DEIN
Exegesis
Inside the quotation, the articular infinitive Me-tà to ge-nés-thai me e-keî {Μετὰ τὸ γενέσθαι με ἐκεῖ | Me-tà to ge-nés-thai me e-keî} expresses “after I have been there,” and the impersonal verb deî governs the pronoun me and infinitive i-deîn, yielding “it is necessary for me to see Rome also,” reflecting a sense of compelled obligation in Luke’s narrative flow.
In context — Acts 19:21
When these things had been fulfilled, Paul purposed in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
About this coordinate
Acts 19:21:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Acts 19:21, so the Greek word γενέσθαι (genesthai) 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.19.21.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.21.W23.S1) and character.