Acts 2:44:4Acts.2.44.W4TAB
πιστεύοντες
pisteyontes
“believing”
- Transliteration
- pi-STEY-on-tes
- Extended
- pih-STEY-oh-ntehs
- IPA
- /piˈsteu.on.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- believing
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| 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
pi-STEY-on-tes
- sentence
PAN-tes de hoi pi-STEY-on-tes Ê-san e-PI to au-TO KAI EI-khon HA-pan-ta koi-NA
Exegesis
The clause begins with pantes {πάντες | pán-tes} followed by the article–participle group hoi pisteuontes {οἱ πιστεύοντες | hoi pis-teú-on-tes}, forming a substantive phrase “all the ones believing” that functions as the subject.
Root and etymology
pisteuopi–iota–sigma–tau–epsilon–upsilon–omega
“to believe, to trust, to rely on”
In context — Acts 2:44
And all who believed were together, and they were having all things in common .
About this coordinate
Acts 2:44:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 2:44, so the Greek word πιστεύοντες (pisteyontes) 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.2.44.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.44.W4.S1) and character.