Acts 22:3:5Acts.22.3.W5TAB
γεγεννημένος
gegennêmenos
“having been born”
- Transliteration
- ge-gen-nê-ME-nos
- Extended
- geh-gehn-nê-MEH-nohs
- IPA
- /ge.genːeˈme.nos/
Meaning by language
- English
- having 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 | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ge-gen-nê-ME-nos
- sentence
e-GO EI-mi a-NÊR iou-da-I-os ge-gen-nê-ME-nos en tar-SÔ tês ki-li-KI-as a-na-te-thra-ME-nos de en tê PO-lei TAU-tê pa-RA tous PO-das ga-ma-li-ÊL pe-pai-deu-ME-nos ka-TA a-KRI-bei-an tou pa-TRÔ-i-ou NO-mou dzê-lô-TÊS hy-PAR-khōn tou the-OU ka-THŌS PAN-tes hy-MEIS ES-te SÊ-me-ron
Exegesis
A chain of perfect passive participles—gegenemenos {γεγεννημένος | gegenēménos} 'having been born', anatethrammenos {ἀνατεθραμμένος | anatethramménos} 'having been brought up', and pepaideumenos {πεπαιδευμένος | pepaideuménos} 'having been instructed'—presents Paul's life story as completed past actions with abiding results, typical of the perfect aspect.
Each participle is expanded by its own modifiers: gegenemenos en Tarsō tēs Kilikias {γεγεννημένος ἐν Ταρσῷ τῆς Κιλικίας | gegenēménos en Tarsṓ tês Kilikías} locates his birth in Tarsus of Cilicia; anatethrammenos de en tē polei tautē {ἀνατεθραμμένος δὲ ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ | anatethramménos de en tē̂ pólei taútē} contrasts his upbringing in this city with his birthplace, with de marking a mild adversative shift.
In context — Acts 22:3
I am a man, a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to the strictness of the ancestral law, being zealous for God , just as all of you are today .
About this coordinate
Acts 22:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 22:3, so the Greek word γεγεννημένος (gegennêmenos) 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.22.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.3.W5.S1) and character.