Acts 22:25:6Acts.22.25.W6TAB
ἱμᾶσιν
himasin
“thongs”
- Transliteration
- hi-MA-sin
- Extended
- hih-MAHS-sin
- IPA
- /hiˈma.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- thongs
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
hi-MA-sin
- 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.
Root and etymology
himasiota mu alpha sigma
“strap, thong”
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 22:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 22:25, so the Greek word ἱμᾶσιν (himasin) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.25.W6.S1) and character.