Acts 25:21:13Acts.25.21.W13TAB
τηρεῖσθαι
têreisthai
“to be kept”
- Transliteration
- tê-REIS-thai
- Extended
- têh-REIS-thai
- IPA
- /tɛːˈriːs.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be kept
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| 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
tê-REIS-thai
- sentence
tou de PAU-lou e-pi-ka-le-sa-ME-nou tê-rê-THÊ-nai au-TON eis tên tou se-bas-TOU di-AG-nō-sin e-KE-leu-sa tê-REIS-thai au-TON HE-ōs hou a-na-PEMP-sō au-TON pros KAI-sa-ra
Exegesis
The main clause then appears with ekeleusa {ἐκέλευσα | ekéleusa} ‘I ordered’, which resumes Festus’s decisive action, followed by the present infinitive tēreisthai {τηρεῖσθαι | tēreîsthai} and another auton, restating the ongoing detention as an official order.
In context — Acts 25:21
But when Paul had appealed to be kept for the decision of the Emperor , I ordered him to be kept until I could send him to Caesar.
About this coordinate
Acts 25:21:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 25:21, so the Greek word τηρεῖσθαι (têreisthai) 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.25.21.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.21.W13.S1) and character.