Acts 2:37:1Acts.2.37.W1TAB
Ἀκούσαντες
akousantes
“having heard”
- Transliteration
- a-KOU-san-tes
- Extended
- ah-KOU-sahn-tehs
- IPA
- /aˈkou̯.san.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having heard
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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 ka-te-NU-gê-san tên kar-DI-an ei-PON te pros ton PE-tro(n) KAI tous loi-POUS a-po-STO-lous TI poi-Ê-sô-men AN-dres a-del-PHOI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the aorist participle akousantes {Ἀκούσαντες | akoúsantes} ‘having heard’, which functions temporally and causally, framing the main reaction that follows.
Root and etymology
akouōalpha–kappa–omicron–upsilon–omega
“to hear, listen”
In context — Acts 2:37
Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart , and they said to Peter and the other apostles , “Men and brothers, what should we do?”
About this coordinate
Acts 2:37:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 2:37, 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.2.37.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.37.W1.S1) and character.