Acts 21:34:13Acts.21.34.W13TAB
γνῶναι
gnônai
“to know”
- Transliteration
- GNÔ-nai
- Extended
- GNOH-nai
- IPA
- /ˈgnoː.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to know
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
GNÔ-nai
- sentence
AL-loi DE AL-lo ti e-pe-PHO-noun en tôi O-khloi MÊ dy-na-ME-nou DE au-TOU GNÔ-nai to a-spha-LES di-A ton THO-ry-bon e-KE-leu-sen A-ges-thai au-TON eis tên pa-rem-bo-LÊN
Exegesis
A genitive absolute clause mē dynaménou de autoû gnōnai {μὴ δυναμένου δὲ αὐτοῦ γνῶναι | mē dynaménou dè autoû gnōnai} ‘since he was not able to know’ provides the causal basis for the ensuing command, with the infinitive gnōnai functioning as the complement of dynaménou.
Root and etymology
ginōskōgamma–iota–nu–omega–sigma–kappa–omega
“to know, realize”
In context — Acts 21:34
Some in the crowd shouted one thing and others another; and since he could not learn what was certain because of the uproar , he commanded that he be taken into the barracks.
About this coordinate
Acts 21:34:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 21:34, so the Greek word γνῶναι (gnônai) 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.21.34.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.34.W13.S1) and character.