Acts 22:6:15Acts.22.6.W15TAB
περιαστράψαι
periastrapsai
“to flash around”
- Transliteration
- pe-ri-a-STRAP-sai
- Extended
- peh-ree-ah-STRAHP-sai
- IPA
- /pe.ri.aˈstra.p͡sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to flash around
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pe-ri-a-STRAP-sai
- sentence
e-GE-ne-to DE moi po-reu-o-ME-nō KAI en-GI-zon-ti tê da-mas-KÔ pe-RI me-sēm-BRI-an ek-SAIPH-nēs ek tou ou-ra-NOU pe-ri-a-STRAP-sai PHŌS hi-ka-NON pe-RI e-ME
Exegesis
The infinitive periastrápsai {περιαστράψαι | periastrápsai} “to flash around” is an aorist active infinitive of result or content, dependent on egeneto, describing what happened.
In context — Acts 22:6
But it happened to me, as I was traveling and drawing near to Damascus about noon, that suddenly from heaven a great light flashed around me.
About this coordinate
Acts 22:6:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Acts 22:6, so the Greek word περιαστράψαι (periastrapsai) 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.22.6.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.6.W15.S1) and character.