Acts 19:4:17Acts.19.4.W17TAB
πιστεύσωσιν
pisteusōsin
“they might believe”
- Transliteration
- pi-STEU-sō-sin
- Extended
- pih-STEU-soh-sin
- IPA
- /piˈsteu.sɔː.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- they might believe
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
pi-STEU-sō-sin
- sentence
EI-pen de PAU-los i-ō-AN-nēs e-BA-pti-sen BA-ptis-ma me-ta-NOI-as tôi la-ÔI LE-gōn eis ton er-KHO-me-non met au-TON HI-na pi-STEU-sō-sin tout ES-tin eis ton ee-ay-SOON
Exegesis
That content is expressed through a hina-clause, hina pisteusōsin {ἵνα πιστεύσωσιν | hína pis-teú-sō-sin} ‘so that they might believe,’ where hina conveys the intended purpose of John’s message rather than mere result.
In context — Acts 19:4
And Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance for the people, saying to the people that they should believe in the One coming after him—that is, in Jesus .”
About this coordinate
Acts 19:4:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 19:4, so the Greek word πιστεύσωσιν (pisteusōsin) 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.19.4.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.4.W17.S1) and character.