Acts 23:28:3Acts.23.28.W3TAB
ἐπιγνῶναι
epignonai
“to know”
- Transliteration
- e-pi-GNO-nai
- Extended
- eh-pih-GNOH-nai
- IPA
- /e.piˈgno.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to know
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
e-pi-GNO-nai
- sentence
bou-LO-me-NOS te e-pi-GNO-nai tên ai-TEE-an di hên e-ne-KA-loun au-TOI ka-TÊ-ga-gon eis to sy-NE-dri-on au-TÔN
Exegesis
The sentence begins with the nominative participial clause boulomenos te epignōnai {βουλόμενός τε ἐπιγνῶναι | boulómenos te epignōnai} “wanting to know exactly,” which functions adverbially to express the motivation for the main verb.
In context — Acts 23:28
And wanting to know exactly the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down into their council .
About this coordinate
Acts 23:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 23:28, so the Greek word ἐπιγνῶναι (epignonai) 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.23.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.28.W3.S1) and character.