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
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | 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
ÊI-dei-san
- 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 context — Acts 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.