Acts 22:28:19Acts.22.28.W19TAB
γεγέννημαι
gegennêmai
“I have been born”
- Transliteration
- ge-GEN-nê-mai
- Extended
- geh-GEHN-nêh-mai
- IPA
- /geˈgɛn.nɛː.mai/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have been born
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ge-GEN-nê-mai
- sentence
a-pe-KRI-thê de ho khi-LEE-ar-khos e-GÔ pol-LOU ke-pha-LAI-ou tên po-li-TEI-an TAU-tên ek-tê-SA-mên ho de PAU-los E-phê e-GÔ de KAI ge-GEN-nê-mai
Exegesis
Paul’s egō {Ἐγὼ | e-gō}, again fronted, and the combined de kai {δὲ καὶ | de kai} reinforce adversative nuance, and the perfect passive gegénnēmai {γεγέννημαι | ge-gén-nē-mai} frames his birth as a completed event with ongoing effect. The noun “citizen” is understood elliptically, creating a legal contrast between purchased and inherited status.
Root and etymology
gennaōgen-ná-ō
“to beget, give birth”
In context — Acts 22:28
The commander answered, “I obtained this citizenship with a large payment.” But Paul said, “But I also was born a citizen.”
About this coordinate
Acts 22:28:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Acts 22:28, so the Greek word γεγέννημαι (gegennêmai) 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.22.28.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.28.W19.S1) and character.