Acts 23:10:18Acts.23.10.W18TAB
ἁρπάσαι
harpasai
“to seize”
- Transliteration
- har-PA-sai
- Extended
- hahr-PAH-sai
- IPA
- /harˈpa.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to seize
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
har-PA-sai
- sentence
pol-LÊS de gi-no-ME-nês STA-se-ôs pho-bê-THEIS ho khi-LI-ar-khos mê di-a-spas-THÊI ho PAU-los hyp au-TÔN e-KE-leu-sen to STRA-teu-ma ka-ta-BAN har-PA-sai au-TON ek ME-sou au-TÔN A-gein te eis tên pa-rem-bo-LÊN
Exegesis
The main finite verb ekeleusen {ἐκέλευσεν | ekéleusen} ‘he commanded’ governs two infinitives, harpasai {ἁρπάσαι | harpásai} ‘to seize’ and agein {ἄγειν | ágein} ‘to lead’, creating a tightly coordinated sequence of ordered actions. The accusative participle kataban is implied with the strateuma and rendered by an English finite verb ‘go down’ to preserve natural flow while retaining the descent motif.
In context — Acts 23:10
But when a great dissension was taking place, the tribune became afraid that Paul might be torn apart by them, and he commanded the soldiers to go down, seize him out of their midst, and bring him into the barracks.
About this coordinate
Acts 23:10:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 23:10, so the Greek word ἁρπάσαι (harpasai) 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.23.10.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.10.W18.S1) and character.