Acts 24:5:1Acts.24.5.W1TAB
εὑρόντες
heurontes
“having found”
- Transliteration
- heu-RON-tes
- Extended
- heh-oo-ROHN-tehs
- IPA
- /heu̯ˈron.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having found
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
heu-RON-tes
- sentence
heu-RON-tes gar ton AN-dra TOU-ton loi-MON kai ki-NOUN-ta STA-seis PA-si tois iou-DAI-ois tois ka-TA tên oi-kou-ME-nên prô-tô-STA-tên te tês tôn na-zô-RAI-ôn hai-RE-se-ôs
Exegesis
The verse begins with the circumstantial participle heurontes {εὑρόντες | heu-rón-tes} “having found,” linked by gar {γὰρ | gar} “for” to the preceding context as supporting testimony.
Root and etymology
heuriskoepsilon–upsilon with smooth breathing–rho–iota–sigma–kappa–omega
“to find, discover”
In context — Acts 24:5
For we have found this man to be a pestilence : he incites uprisings among all the Jews throughout the inhabited world, and he is a leading figure of the sect of the Nazarenes.
About this coordinate
Acts 24:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 24:5, so the Greek word εὑρόντες (heurontes) 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.24.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.24.5.W1.S1) and character.