Acts 19:26:18Acts.19.26.W18TAB

μετέστησεν

metestêsen

he turned away

Transliteration
me-TE-stê-sen
Extended
meh-TEH-stê-sehn
IPA
/meˈte.stɛː.sen/

Meaning by language

English
he turned away

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Result
με + τέ + στη + σεν
me + te + stê + sen
metestêsen

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Taut — as in top
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Sigmas — as in sit
Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-TE-stê-sen

  2. sentence

    KAI the-ô-REI-te KAI a-KOU-e-te HO-ti OU MO-non e-PHE-sou al-LA skhe-DON PA-sês tês a-SI-as ho PAU-los HOU-tos PEI-sas me-TE-stê-sen hi-ka-NON O-khlon LE-gōn HO-ti OUK ei-SIN the-OI hoi di-A khei-RŌN gi-NO-me-noi

Exegesis

The aorist participle peisas {πείσας | peí-sas} ‘having persuaded’ precedes the aorist finite verb metestēsen {μετέστησεν | me-té-stē-sen} ‘he turned away’, creating a participial construction that is best taken as causal or instrumental: by persuading, he caused a transfer of allegiance.

In contextActs 19:26

And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but almost in all Asia , this Paul, having persuaded, turned away a great crowd, saying that the gods made by hands are not gods.

About this coordinate

Acts 19:26:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 19:26, so the Greek word μετέστησεν (metestêsen) 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.19.26.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.26.W18.S1) and character.