Acts 2:7:1Acts.2.7.W1TAB
ἐξίσταντο
ekhistanto
“they were amazed”
- Transliteration
- ek-HIS-tan-to
- Extended
- ehk-HIHS-tahn-toh
- IPA
- /ekˈsis.tan.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- they were amazed
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ek-HIS-tan-to
- sentence
ek-HIS-tan-to de KAI e-THAU-ma-zon LE-gon-tes OUKH i-DOU PAN-tes hou-TOI EI-sin hoi la-LOUN-tes ga-li-LAI-oi
Exegesis
The verse opens with the imperfective verbal pair existanto {ἐξίσταντο | exístanto} ‘they were amazed’ and ethaumazon {ἐθαύμαζον | ethaúmazon} ‘they were marvelling’, which together depict an ongoing, heightened response of astonishment.
Root and etymology
existemiepsilon–xi–iota–sigma–tau–eta–mu–iota
“to displace, to amaze, to astound”
In context — Acts 2:7
And they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galileans ?”
About this coordinate
Acts 2:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 2:7, so the Greek word ἐξίσταντο (ekhistanto) 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.2.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.7.W1.S1) and character.