Acts 23:21:15Acts.23.21.W15TAB
ἀνεθεμάτισαν
anethematisan
“bound under an oath”
- Transliteration
- a-ne-the-MA-ti-san
- Extended
- ah-neh-theh-MAH-tee-sahn
- IPA
- /a.ne.tʰeˈma.ti.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- bound under an oath
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-ne-the-MA-ti-san
- 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 qualitative relative clause hoitines anethematisan heautous {οἵτινες ἀνεθεμάτισαν ἑαυτοὺς | hoítines anethemátisan heautoùs} characterizes these men as a specific kind of people—those who have put themselves under a curse-oath—further defined by the coordinated infinitive phrase mēte phagein mēte piein {μήτε φαγεῖν μήτε πιεῖν | mḗte phageîn mḗte pieîn}, expressing what their self-imposed ban covers.
Root and etymology
anathematizōalpha nu alpha theta epsilon mu alpha tau iota zeta omega
“to place under a curse, devote to destruction”
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 23:21:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Acts 23:21, so the Greek word ἀνεθεμάτισαν (anethematisan) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.21.W15.S1) and character.