Acts 25:16:3Acts.25.16.W3TAB

ἀπεκρίθην

apekrithên

I answered

Transliteration
a-pe-KRI-thên
Extended
ah-peh-KRI-thên
IPA
/a.peˈkri.tʰɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
I answered

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Result
ἀ + πε + κρί + θην
a + pe + kri + thên
apekrithên

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Pip — as in pet
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Kappak — as in kite
Rhor — rolled r
Iotai — as in machine
Thetath — as in thin
Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-pe-KRI-thên

  2. sentence

    pros hous a-pe-KRI-thên HO-ti ouk ES-tin E-thos rhō-ma-I-ois kha-RI-dzeS-THAI TI-na AN-thrō-pon prin ê ho ka-tê-go-ROU-me-nos ka-TA PRO-sō-pon E-khoi tous ka-tê-GO-rous TO-pon te a-po-lo-GI-as LA-boi pe-RI tou en-KLÊ-ma-tos

Exegesis

The aorist verb apekrithen {ἀπεκρίθην | apekríthēn} ‘I answered’ is followed by the conjunction hoti {ὅτι | hóti} ‘that’, which introduces the content of the reply.

In contextActs 25:16

I answered them that it is not the custom for Romans to hand over any person as a favor before the accused has his accusers face to face and has received an opportunity for a defense concerning the accusation.

About this coordinate

Acts 25:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 25:16, so the Greek word ἀπεκρίθην (apekrithên) 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.25.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.16.W3.S1) and character.