Acts 20:17:5Acts.20.17.W5TAB
πέμψας
pempsas
“having sent”
- Transliteration
- PEM-psas
- Extended
- PEHM-psahs
- IPA
- /ˈpem.psas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having sent
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
PEM-psas
- sentence
a-PO de tês mi-LEE-tou PEM-psas eis E-phe-son me-te-ka-LE-sa-to tous pres-by-TE-rous tês ek-klê-SI-as
Exegesis
The aorist participle pempsas {πέμψας | pemp-sas} ‘having sent’ acts as a circumstantial temporal participle, indicating an action preceding the main verb, here specified by eis Epheson {εἰς Ἔφεσον | eis Épheson} ‘to Ephesus’ as the destination.
In context — Acts 20:17
From Miletus, having sent to Ephesus , he summoned the elders of the church.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 20:17, so the Greek word πέμψας (pempsas) 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.20.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.17.W5.S1) and character.