Acts 23:35:16Acts.23.35.W16TAB
φυλάσσεσθαι
phylassesthai
“to be guarded”
- Transliteration
- phy-LAS-ses-thai
- Extended
- phy-LAHS-ses-thai
- IPA
- /pʰyˈlasːes.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be guarded
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Alphabet Analysis
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
phy-LAS-ses-thai
- sentence
di-a-KOU-so-MAI sou E-phê HO-tan KAI hoi ka-TÊ-go-ROI sou pa-ra-GE-nōn-tai ke-LEU-sas en tôi prai-tō-RI-ō tou hê-RŌI-dou phy-LAS-ses-thai au-TON
Exegesis
This participle governs the infinitive phulassesthai {φυλάσσεσθαι | phylássesthai} ‘to be guarded’, with auton {αὐτόν | autón} as its object, expressing an indirect command construction (“he ordered him to be guarded”).
In context — Acts 23:35
“I will hear you,” he said, “when your accusers also arrive.” Then he ordered that he be kept in Herod’s praetorium .
About this coordinate
Acts 23:35:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 23:35, so the Greek word φυλάσσεσθαι (phylassesthai) 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.23.35.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.35.W16.S1) and character.