Acts 2:42:3Acts.2.42.W3TAB
προσκαρτεροῦντες
proskarterountes
“devoting themselves”
- Transliteration
- pros-kar-te-ROUN-tes
- Extended
- prohs-kahr-teh-ROUN-tehs
- IPA
- /pros.kar.teˈruːn.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- devoting themselves
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
pros-kar-te-ROUN-tes
- sentence
Ê-san de pros-kar-te-ROUN-tes tê di-da-KHÊ tôn a-po-STO-lōn kai tê koi-nō-NI-a tê KLA-sei tou AR-tou kai tais pro-seu-KHAIS
Exegesis
The verse presents ēsan proskarterountes {ἦσαν προσκαρτεροῦντες | ēsan proskarteroûntes} as a periphrastic imperfect with a present participle, conveying continuous, habitual devotion.
In context — Acts 2:42
And they held fast to the apostles’ instruction, to fellowship , to the breaking of bread, and to prayers .
About this coordinate
Acts 2:42:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 2:42, so the Greek word προσκαρτεροῦντες (proskarterountes) 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.2.42.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.42.W3.S1) and character.