Acts 23:27:4Acts.23.27.W4TAB
συλλημφθέντα
syllêmphenta
“having been seized”
- Transliteration
- syl-lêm-PHEN-ta
- Extended
- syl-lêhm-PHEHN-tah
- IPA
- /syl.lɛmˈpʰen.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- having been seized
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
syl-lêm-PHEN-ta
- sentence
ton AN-dra TOU-ton syl-lêm-PHEN-ta hy-PO tôn i-ou-dai-ON kai MEL-lon-ta a-nai-REIS-thai hyp au-TÔN e-pi-STAS syn tôi stra-TEU-ma-ti ek-sei-LA-mên ma-THÔN HO-ti rhô-mai-OS es-TIN
Exegesis
The verse begins with a fronted accusative object phrase, ton andra touton syllēmphthenta hypo tōn Ioudaiōn {τὸν ἄνδρα τοῦτον συλλημφθέντα ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων | tón ándra toûton syllēmphthénta hypò tōn Ioudaiōn} indicating “this man, having been seized by the Jews.”
In context — Acts 23:27
This man, having been seized by the Jews and being about to be killed by them, I came with the army and rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman citizen .
About this coordinate
Acts 23:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 23:27, so the Greek word συλλημφθέντα (syllêmphenta) 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.23.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.27.W4.S1) and character.