Acts 22:25:3Acts.22.25.W3TAB
προέτειναν
proeteinan
“they stretched out”
- Transliteration
- pro-E-tei-nan
- Extended
- proh-EH-tei-nahn
- IPA
- /proˈe.tei.nan/
Meaning by language
- English
- they stretched out
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
pro-E-tei-nan
- sentence
hôs de pro-E-tei-nan au-TON tois hi-MA-sin EI-pen pros ton he-STÔ-ta he-ka-TO-n-tar-khon ho PAU-los ei AN-thrô-pon rhô-mai-ON kai a-ka-TA-kri-ton EK-se-stin hy-MIN mas-TI-dzei(n)
Exegesis
The verb proeteinan {προέτειναν | proeteinan} ‘stretched out’ with the instrumental dative himâsin {ἱμᾶσιν | himâsin} ‘with the straps’ depicts the completed preparation for flogging.
In context — Acts 22:25
But when they had stretched him out with the straps, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and uncondemned ?”
About this coordinate
Acts 22:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 22:25, so the Greek word προέτειναν (proeteinan) 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.22.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.25.W3.S1) and character.