Acts 23:28:7Acts.23.28.W7TAB

ἣν

hên

which

Transliteration
hên
Extended
HAYN
IPA
/hɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
which

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    hên

  2. 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

This noun is further defined by the relative clause di’ hēn enekaloun auto {διʼ ἣν ἐνεκάλουν αὐτῷ | di’ hèn enekáloun autō}, literally “because of which they were accusing him,” where the imperfect enekaloun portrays the accusation as an ongoing legal action and autō marks the person against whom the charges are brought.

Root and etymology

ktaomaikappa–tau–alpha–omicron–mu–alpha–iota

to acquire, possess property

In contextActs 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 23:28:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 23:28, so the Greek word ἣν (hên) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.28.W7.S1) and character.