Acts 2:13:7Acts.2.13.W7TAB
μεμεστωμένοι
memestômenoi
“having been filled”
- Transliteration
- me-mes-tô-ME-noi
- Extended
- meh-mehs-TOH-MEH-noi
- IPA
- /me.mes.tɔːˈme.noi/
Meaning by language
- English
- having been filled
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-mes-tô-ME-noi
- sentence
HE-te-roi de di-a-khlev-A-zon-tes E-le-gon HO-ti GLEU-kous me-mes-tô-ME-noi ei-SEEN
Exegesis
Within the quoted accusation, the genitive Gleukous {Γλεύκους | GLEU-kous} with the participle memestomenoi {μεμεστωμένοι | me-mes-to-MÉ-noi} forms a genitive of content construction, literally “having been filled of new wine,” describing a resultant state. The perfect passive participle memestomenoi conveys a completed action with continuing results, suggesting that the accused are in an ongoing state of being “full.”
Root and etymology
mestoomu–epsilon–sigma–tau–omicron–omega
“to fill, make full”
In context — Acts 2:13
But others, mocking , were saying, “They are filled with new wine .”
About this coordinate
Acts 2:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 2:13, so the Greek word μεμεστωμένοι (memestômenoi) 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.2.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.13.W7.S1) and character.