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

Result
πε + ρι + α + στράψ + αι
pe + ri + a + strap + sai
periastrapsai

Alphabet Analysis

Pip — as in pet
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Rhor — rolled r
Iotai — as in machine
Alphaah — as in father
Sigmas — as in sit
Taut — as in top
Rhor — rolled r
Alphaah — as in father
Psips — as in lips
Alphaah — as in father
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    pe-ri-a-STRAP-sai

  2. 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 contextActs 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.