Acts 22:29:3Acts.22.29.W3TAB
ἀπέστησαν
apestēsan
“they withdrew”
- Transliteration
- a-PE-stē-san
- Extended
- ah-PEH-stee-sahn
- IPA
- /aˈpe.stɛː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- they withdrew
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-PE-stē-san
- sentence
eu-THE-ōs oun a-PE-stē-san ap au-TOU hoi MEL-lon-tes au-TON a-ne-TA-dzein kai ho khi-LI-ar-khos de e-pho-BĒ-thē e-pi-GNOUS HO-ti Rhō-mai-OS es-TIN kai HO-ti au-TON ĒN de-de-KŌS
Exegesis
The main verb apestesan {ἀπέστησαν | apé-stē-san} ‘they withdrew’ governs the first clause, with the prepositional phrase apʼ autou {ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ | apʼ au-toû} ‘from him’ indicating separation.
In context — Acts 22:29
At once those who were about to examine him stepped away from him, and the commander also became afraid when he learned that he was a Roman and that he had bound him.
About this coordinate
Acts 22:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 22:29, so the Greek word ἀπέστησαν (apestēsan) 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.22.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.29.W3.S1) and character.