Acts 23:35:3Acts.23.35.W3TAB

ἔφη

ephê

he said

Transliteration
E-phê
Extended
EH-phê
IPA
/ˈe.pʰɛː/

Meaning by language

English
he said

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Result
ἔ + φη
e + phê
ephê

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Phiph — as in phone (f)
Etai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    E-phê

  2. 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

The narrative frame ephē {ἔφη | éphē} ‘he said’ then introduces direct speech, which is followed by a temporal clause introduced by hotan {ὅταν | hótan} ‘whenever/when’.

In contextActs 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 23:35:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 23:35, so the Greek word ἔφη (ephê) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.35.W3.S1) and character.