Acts 21:1:6Acts.21.1.W6TAB
ἀποσπασθέντας
apospasthentas
“having torn ourselves away”
- Transliteration
- a-po-spa-STHEN-tas
- Extended
- ah-poh-spah-STHEHN-tahs
- IPA
- /a.po.spaˈstʰen.tas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having torn ourselves away
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-po-spa-STHEN-tas
- sentence
hôs de e-GHE-ne-to a-na-khTHÊ-nai hê-MAS a-po-spa-STHEN-tas ap au-TÔN eu-thy-dro-MÊ-san-tes ÊL-tho-men eis tên KÔ têi de hek-SÊS eis tên HRO-don ka-KEI-then eis PA-ta-ra
Exegesis
The infinitive anachthēnai {ἀναχθῆναι | anachthēnai} ‘to set sail’ takes hēmas {ἡμᾶς | hēmâs} ‘us’ as its accusative subject, while the participle apospasthentas {ἀποσπασθέντας | apospasthéntas} ‘having been parted’ in the accusative masculine plural parallels the infinitive to describe separation from autōn {αὐτῶν | autôn} ‘them.’
Root and etymology
apospaōalpha–pi–omicron–sigma–pi–alpha–omega
“to draw away, tear away, separate”
In context — Acts 21:1
After we had parted from them and put out to sea, we sailed a straight course and reached Cos; on the next day we arrived at Rhodes, and from there at Patara.
About this coordinate
Acts 21:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 21:1, so the Greek word ἀποσπασθέντας (apospasthentas) 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.21.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.1.W6.S1) and character.