Acts 19:35:7Acts.19.35.W7TAB
φησίν
phêseen
“he says”
- Transliteration
- phê-SEEN
- Extended
- phêh-SEEN
- IPA
- /pʰɛːˈsin/
Meaning by language
- English
- he says
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Alphabet Analysis
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
phê-SEEN
- sentence
ka-ta-STEI-las de ho gram-ma-TEUS ton OKH-lon phê-SEEN AN-dres e-PHE-si-oi tis gar es-TIN an-THRÔ-pôn hos ou gi-NÔS-kei tên e-phe-SI-ôn PO-lin ne-ô-KO-ron OU-san tês me-GA-lês ar-TE-mi-dos kai tou di-o-pe-TOUS
Exegesis
The sentence opens with the circumstantial participial clause katesteilas {κατεστείλας | katesteílas} ‘having quieted’, which precedes the main verb phesin {φησίν | phēsín} ‘he says’ and describes prior action that sets the scene for the speech.
In context — Acts 19:35
But after the scribe had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, who is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the temple-keeper of the great Artemis and of the thing that fell from Zeus?”
About this coordinate
Acts 19:35:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 19:35, so the Greek word φησίν (phêseen) 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.19.35.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.35.W7.S1) and character.