Acts 23:10:9Acts.23.10.W9TAB
διασπασθῇ
diaspasthêi
“might be torn apart”
- Transliteration
- di-a-spas-THÊI
- Extended
- dih-ah-spahs-THÊE
- IPA
- /di.a.spaˈstʰɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- might be torn apart
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
di-a-spas-THÊI
- 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 clause with mē {μὴ | mḕ} and the aorist passive subjunctive diaspasthē {διασπασθῇ | diaspasthḗ} ‘lest he be torn apart’ expresses feared potential result, with ho Paulos as the subject in Greek but placed after the verb, emphasizing the violent danger before naming Paul.
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 23:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 23:10, so the Greek word διασπασθῇ (diaspasthêi) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.10.W9.S1) and character.