ἐν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἐν

   en

   in
2. sentence🔊 κεκρίκει γὰρ ὁ Παῦλος παραπλεῦσαι τὴν Ἔφεσον ὅπως μὴ γένηται αὐτῷ χρονοτριβῆσαι ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ ἔσπευδεν γὰρ εἰ δυνατὸν εἴη αὐτῷ τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς πεντηκοστῆς γενέσθαι εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα

   ke-KREE-kei gar ho PAU-los pa-ra-PLEU-sai tên E-phe-son HO-pōs mê GE-nē-tai au-TŌ khro-no-tri-BÊ-sai en têi a-SI-ai ES-peu-den gar ei dy-na-TON EI-ē au-TŌ tên hē-ME-ran tês pen-tē-ko-STÊS ge-NES-thai eis hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma

   had decided for the Paul to sail past the Ephesus so that not it might happen for him to spend time in the Asia he was hurrying for if possible it might be for him the day of the Pentecost to be to Jerusalem

Exegesis

The clause introduced by hopos mē {ὅπως μὴ | hópōs mḗ} is a purpose clause, “so that not,” followed by the aorist middle subjunctive genetai {γένηται | génētai} used impersonally with the dative plus infinitive construction: auto chronotribesai {αὐτῷ χρονοτριβῆσαι | autō̂ chronotribêsai}, “it might happen to him to spend time,” emphasizing avoidance of delay in Asia {Ἀσίᾳ | Asíā}.

A new explanatory clause starts with espeuden gar {ἔσπευδεν γὰρ | éspeuden gár}, the imperfect indicating ongoing haste during the journey.

The infinitival phrase ten hēmeran tēs pentekostēs genesthai eis Hierosolyma {τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς πεντηκοστῆς γενέσθαι εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα | tḕn hēméran tēs pentēkostēs genésthai eis Hierosólyma} functions as the content of what he desired, specifying the temporal goal of being in Jerusalem on Pentecost. English rendering maintains the causal and purposive connectors (“for,” “so that,” “because”) and represents the infinitival constructions with natural finite clauses while preserving the sequence of motivation and purpose.

Root and etymology

speudo🔊 σπεύδωsigma–pi–epsilon–upsilon–delta–omega

“to hurry, make haste”

• 🔊 σπεύσωspeúsōI will hurryLuke 19:5
• 🔊 σπεύδωspeúdōto be eager, hasten2 Peter 3:12