Acts 20:3:16Acts.20.3.W16TAB
ἐγένετο
egeneto
“there was”
- Transliteration
- e-GE-ne-to
- Extended
- eh-GEH-neh-toh
- IPA
- /eˈge.ne.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- there was
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
- word
e-GE-ne-to
- 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 idiom egeneto gnomes {ἐγένετο γνώμης | egéneto gnṓmēs} uses a middle verb with a genitive of content to express the emergence of a firm judgment, functioning as the main verbal idea, “he resolved” or “he decided.”
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 20:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 20:3, so the Greek word ἐγένετο (egeneto) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.3.W16.S1) and character.