Acts 20:37:4Acts.20.37.W4TAB
ἐγένετο
egheneto
“happened”
- Transliteration
- e-GHE-ne-to
- Extended
- eh-GHEH-neh-toh
- IPA
- /eˈge.ne.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- happened
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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The word
Word in context
- word
e-GHE-ne-to
- sentence
hi-ka-NOS de klau-THMOS e-GHE-ne-to PAN-tōn KAI e-pi-pe-SON-tes e-PI ton TRA-khē-lon tou PAU-lou ka-te-PHI-loun au-TON
Exegesis
The clause hikanos de klauthmos egeneto panton {ἱκανὸς δὲ κλαυθμὸς ἐγένετο πάντων | hikanòs dè klauthmòs egéneto pántōn} presents a nominative subject “considerable weeping” with egeneto “came about,” and a genitive panton functioning as a partitive genitive, yielding “much weeping arose among them all.” The postpositive de links to the preceding context, indicating continuity.
In context — Acts 20:37
And there arose much weeping among them all, and having fallen upon the neck of Paul, they kept kissing him.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:37:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 20:37, so the Greek word ἐγένετο (egheneto) 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.20.37.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.37.W4.S1) and character.