Acts 21:5:3Acts.21.5.W3TAB
ἐγένετο
egheneto
“it happened”
- Transliteration
- e-GHE-ne-to
- Extended
- eh-GHEH-neh-toh
- IPA
- /eˈɣe.ne.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- it happened
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
- word
e-GHE-ne-to
- sentence
HO-te de e-GHE-ne-to ek-sar-TI-sai hê-MAS tas hê-ME-ras ek-sel-THON-tes e-po-reu-O-me-tha pro-pem-PON-tōn hê-MAS PAN-tōn syn gy-nai-KSI KAI TEK-nois HE-ōs EK-sō tês PO-le-ōs KAI THEN-tes ta GO-na-ta e-PI ton ai-gi-a-LON pro-seu-KSA-me-noi
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal conjunction hote {ὅτε | hó-te} ‘when’, followed by the intransitive verb egeneto {ἐγένετο | e-gé-ne-to} ‘it happened’, marking a narrative transition.
In context — Acts 21:5
When our days were completed , we left and continued our journey, and all of them—with wives and children—escorted us outside the city; then, after kneeling on the shore, we prayed .
About this coordinate
Acts 21:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 21:5, so the Greek word ἐγένετο (egheneto) 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.21.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.5.W3.S1) and character.