Acts 20:16:26Acts.20.16.W26TAB
γενέσθαι
genesthai
“to be”
- Transliteration
- ge-NES-thai
- Extended
- geh-NEHS-thai
- IPA
- /geˈnes.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ge-NES-thai
- sentence
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
Exegesis
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.
In context — Acts 20:16
For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus , so that he might not spend time in Asia ; for he was hurrying, if it might be possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:16:26 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 26 of Acts 20:16, so the Greek word γενέσθαι (genesthai) 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.20.16.W26, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.16.W26.S1) and character.