Acts 19:5:1Acts.19.5.W1TAB

ἀκούσαντες

akousantes

having heard

Transliteration
a-KOU-san-tes
Extended
ah-KOU-sahn-tehs
IPA
/aˈkuː.san.tes/

Meaning by language

English
having heard

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Result
ἀ + κού + σαν + τες
a + kou + san + tes
akousantes

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Kappak — as in kite
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new
Taut — as in top
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-KOU-san-tes

  2. sentence

    a-KOU-san-tes de e-bap-TIS-thê-san eis to O-no-ma tou KY-ree-ou ee-ay-SOO

Exegesis

The aorist participle akousantes {ἀκούσαντες | a-koú-san-tes} precedes the main verb and, with the connective de {δὲ | dé}, functions temporally and causally, giving the sense “when they heard.”

In contextActs 19:5

And when they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus .

About this coordinate

Acts 19:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 19:5, so the Greek word ἀκούσαντες (akousantes) 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.19.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.5.W1.S1) and character.