Acts 22:7:1Acts.22.7.W1TAB
ἔπεσά
epesa
“I fell”
- Transliteration
- E-pe-SA
- Extended
- EH-peh-SAH
- IPA
- /e.peˈsa/
Meaning by language
- English
- I fell
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
E-pe-SA
- sentence
E-pe-SA te eis to E-da-phos KAI Ê-kou-sa phō-NÊS le-GOU-sês moi sa-OUL sa-OUL TI me di-Ō-keis
Exegesis
The verse links two aorist active indicative verbs, epesa {ἔπεσά | épesa} ‘I fell’ and ekousa {ἤκουσα | ḗkousa} ‘I heard’, with the enclitic te {τε | te} ‘and’ and conjunction kai {καὶ | kai} ‘and’, narrating Saul’s sudden collapse and immediate auditory experience.
Root and etymology
piptopi–iota–pi–tau–omega
“to fall”
In context — Acts 22:7
And I fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me ?”
About this coordinate
Acts 22:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 22:7, so the Greek word ἔπεσά (epesa) 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.22.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.7.W1.S1) and character.