Acts 19:29:7Acts.19.29.W7TAB
ὥρμησαν
hôrmêsan
“they rushed”
- Transliteration
- HÔR-mê-san
- Extended
- hôr-MÊE-sahn
- IPA
- /ˈhɔːr.mɛː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- they rushed
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| 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
HÔR-mê-san
- 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
A comma then marks the shift to a new but closely related clause, introduced by the aorist active verb hormēsan {ὥρμησαν | hṓrmēsan} ‘they rushed,’ with the enclitic te {τε | te} continuing the connective force.
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 19:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 19:29, so the Greek word ὥρμησαν (hôrmêsan) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.29.W7.S1) and character.