Acts 20:3:1Acts.20.3.W1TAB
ποιήσας
poieesas
“having done”
- Transliteration
- poi-EE-sas
- Extended
- poi-EE-sahs
- IPA
- /poiˈɛː.sas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having done
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
poi-EE-sas
- sentence
poi-EE-sas te MÊ-nas TREIS ge-no-ME-nês e-pi-bou-LÊS au-TÔ hy-PO TÔN i-ou-dai-ÔN MEL-lon-ti a-NA-ges-thai eis tên sy-REE-an e-GE-ne-to GNÔ-mês tou hy-po-STRE-phein di-A ma-ke-do-NI-as
Exegesis
The verse opens with the aorist participial clause poiesas {ποιήσας | poiḗsas} ‘having spent’, which functions adverbially and provides a temporal backdrop for the main action.
In context — Acts 20:3
After he had spent three months there, when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he resolved to return through Macedonia.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 20:3, so the Greek word ποιήσας (poieesas) 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.20.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.3.W1.S1) and character.