Acts 2:1:4Acts.2.1.W4TAB
συμπληροῦσθαι
symplêrousthai
“to be fulfilled”
- Transliteration
- sym-plê-ROUS-thai
- Extended
- sym-pleh-ROOS-thai
- IPA
- /sym.plɛːˈruːs.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be fulfilled
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
sym-plê-ROUS-thai
- sentence
KAI en tôi sym-plê-ROUS-thai tên hê-ME-ran tês pen-tê-kos-TÊS Ê-san PAN-tes ho-MOU e-PI to au-TO
Exegesis
The articular infinitive construction en tō symplērousthai {ἐν τῷ συμπληροῦσθαι | en tôi symplēroústhai} functions temporally, conveying “when the day … was fulfilled.”
In context — Acts 2:1
And when the day of Pentecost was being fulfilled, they were all together in the same place.
About this coordinate
Acts 2:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 2:1, so the Greek word συμπληροῦσθαι (symplêrousthai) 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.2.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.1.W4.S1) and character.