Acts 19:32:16Acts.19.32.W16TAB

ᾔδεισαν

êideisan

knew

Transliteration
ÊI-dei-san
Extended
êê-DEI-sahn
IPA
/ˈɛːi.dei.san/

Meaning by language

English
knew

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Result
ᾔ + δει + σαν
êi + dei + san
êideisan

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Deltath — as in this
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ÊI-dei-san

  2. sentence

    AL-loi MEN OUN AL-lo ti E-kra-zon EEN gar hê ek-klê-SI-a syn-ge-khy-ME-nê kai hoi PLEI-ous ouk ÊI-dei-san TI-nos HE-ne-ka sy-ne-lê-LY-thei-san

Exegesis

The pluperfect verb ēdeisan {ᾔδεισαν | ḗ-dei-san} ‘they knew’ expresses a state of knowledge (or here, lack of it) that already failed to exist at the time and remained absent.

Root and etymology

deodelta–epsilon–omega

to bind, obligate

In contextActs 19:32

Therefore, some were crying out one thing and others another, for the assembly was confused , and the majority did not know for what reason they had come together.

About this coordinate

Acts 19:32:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 19:32, so the Greek word ᾔδεισαν (êideisan) 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.19.32.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.32.W16.S1) and character.