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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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
a-KOU-san-tes
- 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 context — Acts 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.