Acts 21:33:2Acts.21.33.W2TAB
ἐγγίσας
engisas
“having approached”
- Transliteration
- en-GI-sas
- Extended
- ehn-GIH-sahs
- IPA
- /eŋˈgi.sas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having approached
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
en-GI-sas
- sentence
TO-te en-GI-sas ho khi-LI-ar-khos e-pe-LA-be-to au-TOU KAI e-KE-leu-se de-THÊ-nai ha-LY-se-si dy-SI KAI e-pyn-THA-ne-to TIS EI-ê KAI TI ES-tin pe-poi-ê-KŌS
Exegesis
The aorist participle engisas {ἐγγίσας | en-gi-sás-as} functions as a circumstantial participle, indicating the commander’s approach prior to action.
In context — Acts 21:33
Then the commander came up, seized him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains . He asked who he was and what he had done.
About this coordinate
Acts 21:33:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 21:33, so the Greek word ἐγγίσας (engisas) 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.21.33.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.33.W2.S1) and character.