Acts 25:22:11Acts.25.22.W11TAB
ἀκοῦσαι
akousai
“to hear”
- Transliteration
- a-KOU-sai
- Extended
- ah-KOO-sai
- IPA
- /aˈkuː.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to hear
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
a-KOU-sai
- sentence
a-GRI-pas de pros ton PHÊS-ton e-bou-LO-mên kai au-TOS tou an-THRÔ-pou a-KOU-sai AU-ri-on phê-SIN a-KOU-sêi au-TOU
Exegesis
The genitive tou anthropou {τοῦ ἀνθρώπου | toû an-thrṓ-pou} depends on the infinitive, forming an objective genitive “to hear the man,” with akousai {ἀκοῦσαι | a-koû-sai} as aorist infinitive of purpose or content (“to hear”).
Root and etymology
akouoalpha–kappa–omicron–upsilon–omega
“to hear, listen”
In context — Acts 25:22
Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I myself was wishing to hear the man also.” And he said, “Tomorrow you will hear him.”
About this coordinate
Acts 25:22:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 25:22, so the Greek word ἀκοῦσαι (akousai) 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.25.22.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.22.W11.S1) and character.