Acts 23:14:16Acts.23.14.W16TAB
ἀποκτείνωμεν
apokteinōmen
“we kill”
- Transliteration
- a-pok-TEI-nō-men
- Extended
- ah-pohk-TEE-noh-mehn
- IPA
- /a.pokˈtei.nɔː.men/
Meaning by language
- English
- we kill
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
a-pok-TEI-nō-men
- sentence
HOI-ti-nes pro-sel-THON-tes tois ar-khi-e-REU-sin KAI tois pres-by-TE-rois EI-pan a-na-THE-ma-ti a-ne-the-ma-TI-sa-men he-au-TOUS mê-de-NOS GEU-sas-thai HE-ōs hou a-pok-TEI-nō-men ton PAU-lon
Exegesis
The temporal construction heos hou {ἕως οὗ | héōs hoû} introduces a clause that sets the limit of this abstention: it will last “until” the action expressed by the aorist subjunctive apokteinomen {ἀποκτείνωμεν | apokteínōmen}, “we might kill,” is fulfilled.
Root and etymology
apokteinoalpha–pi–omicron–kappa–tau–epsilon–iota–nu–omega
“to kill, put to death”
In context — Acts 23:14
Those who had approached the chief priests and the elders said, “With a curse we have bound ourselves not to taste anything until we have killed Paul.”
About this coordinate
Acts 23:14:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 23:14, so the Greek word ἀποκτείνωμεν (apokteinōmen) 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.23.14.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.14.W16.S1) and character.