Acts 23:13:4Acts.23.13.W4TAB
τεσσεράκοντα
tesserakonta
“forty”
- Transliteration
- tes-se-RA-kon-ta
- Extended
- tehs-seh-RAH-kohn-tah
- IPA
- /tes.seˈra.kon.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- forty
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tes-se-RA-kon-ta
- sentence
Ê-san de PLEI-ous tes-se-RA-kon-ta hoi TAU-tên tên sy-nô-mo-SI-an poi-ê-SA-me-noi
Exegesis
The phrase pleious tesserakonta {πλείους τεσσεράκοντα | pleí-ous tes-se-rá-kon-ta} functions as a quantified subject complement, with pleious as a comparative adjective meaning 'more' and tesserakonta as the cardinal 'forty', together yielding the idiom 'more than forty'.
In context — Acts 23:13
But there were more than forty who had formed this conspiracy .
About this coordinate
Acts 23:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 23:13, so the Greek word τεσσεράκοντα (tesserakonta) 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.23.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.13.W4.S1) and character.