Acts 22:17:1Acts.22.17.W1TAB
Ἐγένετο
egheneto
“It happened”
- Transliteration
- e-GHE-ne-to
- Extended
- eh-GHEH-neh-toh
- IPA
- /eˈge.ne.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- It happened
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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
e-GHE-ne-to DE moi hy-po-STRE-psan-ti eis i-e-rou-sa-LÊM KAI pro-seu-kho-ME-nou mou en tôi hi-e-RÔI ge-NES-thai me en ek-STA-sei
Exegesis
The clause begins with egeneto {Ἐγένετο | egé-ne-to} “it happened,” a common narrative formula that introduces a new event, with de {δέ | dé} linking it to the prior discourse.
Root and etymology
ginomaigamma–iota–nu–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to become, to happen”
In context — Acts 22:17
Now it happened to me, after I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I came to be in a trance .
About this coordinate
Acts 22:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 22:17, 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.22.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.17.W1.S1) and character.