Acts 21:20:3Acts.21.20.W3TAB
ἀκούσαντες
akousantes
“having heard”
- Transliteration
- a-KOU-san-tes
- Extended
- ah-KOU-san-tehs
- IPA
- /aˈku.san.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having heard
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-KOU-san-tes
- sentence
hoi de a-KOU-san-tes e-DO-ksa-zon ton the-ON ei-PON te au-TOI the-ō-REIS a-del-PHE PO-sai my-RI-a-des ei-SIN en tois i-ou-dai-OIS tôn pe-pis-teu-KO-ton kai PAN-tes dzê-lō-TAI tou NO-mou hy-PAR-khou-sin
Exegesis
The sentence begins with the nominative article–participle cluster hoi akousantes {οἱ ἀκούσαντες | hoí akoúsantes}, which functions as the subject in a circumstantial participial construction indicating “when they heard this.”
In context — Acts 21:20
But when they heard this, they were glorifying God , and they said to him, “Brother, you see how many myriads of Jews have believed, and all are zealous for the law.”
About this coordinate
Acts 21:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 21:20, so the Greek word ἀκούσαντες (akousantes) 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.21.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.20.W3.S1) and character.