Acts 22:19:5Acts.22.19.W5TAB
ἐπίστανται
epistantai
“know”
- Transliteration
- e-PI-stan-tai
- Extended
- eh-PIH-stahn-tai
- IPA
- /eˈpi.stan.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- know
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
e-PI-stan-tai
- sentence
ka-GO EI-pon KY-ree-e au-TOI e-PI-stan-tai HO-ti e-GO Ê-min phy-la-KI-zōn kai DE-rōn ka-TA tas sy-na-gō-GAS tous pi-STE-u-on-tas e-PI SE
Exegesis
The intensive autoi {αὐτοὶ | au-toí} ‘they themselves’ precedes the present middle epistantai {ἐπίστανται | e-pís-tan-tai} ‘know’, stressing continual awareness.
In context — Acts 22:19
And I said, “Lord , they themselves know that I was imprisoning and beating in the synagogues those who believe in You.”
About this coordinate
Acts 22:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 22:19, so the Greek word ἐπίστανται (epistantai) 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.22.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.19.W5.S1) and character.