Acts 2:45:3Acts.2.45.W3TAB
κτήματα
ktêmata
“properties”
- Transliteration
- KTÊ-ma-ta
- Extended
- KTÊ-mah-tah
- IPA
- /ˈktɛː.ma.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- properties
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KTÊ-ma-ta
- sentence
kai ta KTÊ-ma-ta kai tas hy-PAR-kseis e-PI-pras-kon kai di-e-ME-ri-zon au-TA PÂ-sin ka-THO-ti AN tis KHREI-an EI-khen
Exegesis
The coordinated noun phrases ta ktemata {τὰ κτήματα | tà ktḗmata} and tas huparkseis {τὰς ὑπάρξεις | tàs hypárxeis} form the direct objects of epipraskon, distinguishing between real estate or larger property and more general belongings.
Root and etymology
ktaomaikappa–tau–alpha–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to acquire, get for oneself”
In context — Acts 2:45
And they were selling their possessions and belongings, and distributing them to all, as anyone had need .
About this coordinate
Acts 2:45:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 2:45, so the Greek word κτήματα (ktêmata) 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.2.45.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.45.W3.S1) and character.