Acts 21:11:11Acts.21.11.W11TAB

δήσας

dêsas

having bound

Transliteration
DÊ-sas
Extended
DAY-sahs
IPA
/ˈdɛː.sas/

Meaning by language

English
having bound

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Result
δή + σας
dê + sas
dêsas

Alphabet Analysis

Deltath — as in this
Etai — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Alphaah — as in father
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    DÊ-sas

  2. sentence

    kai el-THON pros hê-MAS kai A-ras tên ZÔ-nên tou PAU-lou DÊ-sas he-au-TOU tous PO-das kai tas KHEI-ras EI-pen TA-de LE-gei to PNEU-ma to HA-gi-on ton AN-dra hou es-tin hê ZÔ-nê HAU-tê HOU-tôs DÊ-sou-sin en ie-rou-sa-LÊM hoi i-ou-dai-OI kai pa-ra-DÔ-sou-sin eis KHEI-ras e-THNÔN

Exegesis

The passage opens with a sequence of aorist participles—elthon {ἐλθὼν | el-thṓn} ‘having come,’ aras {ἄρας | á-ras} ‘having taken,’ and desas {δήσας | dḗ-sas} ‘having bound’—establishing a prophetic sign-act that mirrors the future events.

In contextActs 21:11

He came to us, took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit : ‘In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt, and they will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles .’”

About this coordinate

Acts 21:11:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 21:11, so the Greek word δήσας (dêsas) 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.21.11.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.11.W11.S1) and character.