Acts 22:4:8Acts.22.4.W8TAB
δεσμεύων
desmeuōn
“binding”
- Transliteration
- des-MEU-ōn
- Extended
- dehs-MEU-ohhn
- IPA
- /desˈmeu.ɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- binding
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
des-MEU-ōn
- sentence
hos TAU-tên tên ho-DON e-DI-ōk-sa A-khri tha-NA-tou des-MEU-ōn kai pa-ra-di-DOUS eis phy-la-KAS AN-dras te kai gy-NAI-kas
Exegesis
The participles desmeuōn and paradidous {δεσμεύων καὶ παραδιδοὺς | des-meú-ōn kaí pa-ra-di-doùs} are nominative masculine singular, circumstantial to the main verb, describing the characteristic means by which the persecution was carried out: by binding and handing over.
Root and etymology
desmosdelta–epsilon–sigma–mu–omicron–sigma
“bond, fetter”
In context — Acts 22:4
I myself persecuted this Way as far as death, binding and handing over to prisons both men and women .
About this coordinate
Acts 22:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 22:4, so the Greek word δεσμεύων (desmeuōn) 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.22.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.4.W8.S1) and character.