Acts 2:29:22Acts.2.29.W22TAB
ἔστιν
estin
“is”
- Transliteration
- ES-tin
- Extended
- EHS-tihn
- IPA
- /ˈes.tin/
Meaning by language
- English
- is
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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ES-tin
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AN-dres a-del-PHOI ek-SON ei-PEIN me-TA par-rhay-SEE-as pros hy-MAS pe-RI tou pa-tri-AR-khou da-UID HO-ti KAI e-te-LEU-tê-sen KAI e-TA-phê KAI to MNÊ-ma au-TOU ES-tin en hê-MEEN A-khri tês hê-ME-ras TAU-tês
Exegesis
The final clause kai to mnema autou estin en hemin achri tes hemeras tautes {καὶ τὸ μνῆμα αὐτοῦ ἔστιν ἐν ἡμῖν ἄχρι τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης | kaí tó mnḗ-ma au-toû é-stin en hē-mîn á-chri tês hē-mé-ras taú-tēs} is structured around the present copula estin {ἔστιν | é-stin}, presenting the ongoing presence of David’s tomb as a current, verifiable reality.
In context — Acts 2:29
Men, brothers, it is permitted for me to speak to you with boldness concerning the patriarch David , that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is among us until this day .
About this coordinate
Acts 2:29:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of Acts 2:29, so the Greek word ἔστιν (estin) 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.2.29.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.29.W22.S1) and character.