Acts 23:21:13Acts.23.21.W13TAB
τεσσεράκοντα
teserakonta
“forty”
- Transliteration
- te-se-RA-kon-ta
- Extended
- teh-seh-RAH-kohn-tah
- IPA
- /te.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
te-se-RA-kon-ta
- sentence
sy oun MÊ peis-THÊS au-TOIS e-ne-DREU-ou-sin gar au-TON eks au-TÔN AN-dres PLEI-ous te-se-RA-kon-ta HOI-ti-nes a-ne-the-MA-ti-san he-au-TOUS MÊ-te pha-GEIN MÊ-te pi-EIN HE-ōs hou a-NE-lō-sin au-TON kai NYN EI-sin HE-toi-moi pros-de-KHO-me-noi tên a-PO sou e-paŋ-ge-LI-an
Exegesis
The main reason is given by the clause enedreuousin gar auton ex autōn andres pleious tessarakonta {ἐνεδρεύουσιν γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐξ αὐτῶν ἄνδρες πλείους τεσσεράκοντα | enedreúousin gàr autòn ex autôn ándres pleíous tesserákonta}, in which the present active indicative enedreuousin depicts an ongoing ambush. The phrase ex autōn ándres pleious tessarakonta structurally places “from among them” before “men more than forty,” emphasizing that the conspirators arise from within the same group.
In context — Acts 23:21
Therefore you must not be persuaded by them, for more than forty men from among them are lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves with an oath neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him; and now they are ready, awaiting the promise from you .
About this coordinate
Acts 23:21:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 23:21, so the Greek word τεσσεράκοντα (teserakonta) 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.23.21.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.21.W13.S1) and character.