Acts 21:27:7Acts.21.27.W7TAB
συντελεῖσθαι
synteleisthai
“to be completed”
- Transliteration
- syn-te-le-IS-thai
- Extended
- syhn-teh-leh-EES-thai
- IPA
- /syn.te.leˈis.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be completed
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
syn-te-le-IS-thai
- sentence
hōs de E-mel-lon hai hep-TA hê-ME-rai syn-te-le-IS-thai hoi a-PO tês a-SI-as iou-DAI-oi the-a-SA-me-noi au-TON en tôi hi-e-RÔI sy-NE-khe-on PAN-ta ton O-khlon kai e-PE-ba-lon ep au-TON tas KHEI-ras
Exegesis
The imperfect emellon synteleisthai {ἔμελλον συντελεῖσθαι | émellon syntelêisthai} sets the seven days as nearing completion.
Root and etymology
synteleōsigma–upsilon–nu–tau–epsilon–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to bring to completion”
In context — Acts 21:27
When the seven days were nearly completed, the Jews from Asia saw him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd, and laid hands on him.
About this coordinate
Acts 21:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 21:27, so the Greek word συντελεῖσθαι (synteleisthai) 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.21.27.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.27.W7.S1) and character.