Acts 22:2:1Acts.22.2.W1TAB
Ἀκούσαντες
akousantes
“Having heard”
- Transliteration
- a-KOU-san-tes
- Extended
- ah-KOO-san-tehs
- IPA
- /aˈkuː.san.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- Having heard
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-KOU-san-tes
- sentence
a-KOU-san-tes de HO-ti tê he-bra-I-di di-a-LEK-tô pro-se-PHÔ-nei au-TOIS MAL-lon pa-RES-khon hê-sy-KHÊ-an kai phê-SIN
Exegesis
The verse begins with the aorist participle akousantes {Ἀκούσαντες | Akoúsantes} “having heard,” which functions temporally, indicating an action that precedes the main finite verb pareschon {παρέσχον | paréshon} “they gave, they provided.”
In context — Acts 22:2
But when they heard that he was addressing them in Hebrew language, they became even more silent, and he says:
About this coordinate
Acts 22:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 22:2, so the Greek word Ἀκούσαντες (akousantes) 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.22.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.2.W1.S1) and character.