Acts 19:29:3Acts.19.29.W3TAB
ἡ
hê
“the”
- Transliteration
- hê
- Extended
- hê
- IPA
- /hɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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hê
- sentence
KAI e-PLÊS-thê hê PO-lis TÊS syn-KHY-se-ōs HÔR-mê-san te ho-mo-thy-ma-DON eis to THÉ-a-tron sy-nar-PA-san-tes GA-i-on KAI a-RI-star-khon ma-ke-DO-nas sy-nek-DÊE-mous PAU-lou
Exegesis
The verse begins with the coordinating conjunction kai {καί | kaí} linking this scene to the prior narrative, followed by the aorist passive verb eplesthe {ἐπλήσθη | eplḗsthē} ‘was filled,’ which takes hē polis {ἡ πόλις | hē pólis} ‘the city’ as its subject.
Root and etymology
hormaoomicron with rough breathing–rho–mu–alpha–omega
“to set in motion, rush, charge”
In context — Acts 19:29
And the city was filled with confusion , and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, traveling companions of Paul .
About this coordinate
Acts 19:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 19:29, so the Greek word ἡ (hê) 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.19.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.29.W3.S1) and character.