Acts 22:17:13Acts.22.17.W13TAB
γενέσθαι
genesthai
“to become”
- Transliteration
- ge-NES-thai
- Extended
- geh-NEHS-thai
- IPA
- /geˈnes.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to become
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| 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
ge-NES-thai
- 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 infinitival structure genesthai me {γενέσθαι με | ge-nés-thai me} combined with en ekstasei {ἐν ἐκστάσει | en ek-stá-sei} expresses the resultant experience: “for me to come to be in a trance.” Greek uses the infinitive with an accusative subject (me) to present the outcome of the previously described circumstances. English does not normally use such an infinitival clause for main events, so the translations recast it as a finite clause (“that I came to be in a trance” / “I suddenly fell into a trance”) while preserving the temporal and locative layers established by the participles and prepositional phrases.
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 22:17:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 22:17, so the Greek word γενέσθαι (genesthai) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.17.W13.S1) and character.