Acts 25:23:29Acts.25.23.W29TAB
κελεύσαντος
keleusantos
“having commanded”
- Transliteration
- ke-LEU-san-tos
- Extended
- keh-LEU-sahn-tohs
- IPA
- /keˈleu.san.tos/
Meaning by language
- English
- having commanded
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ke-LEU-san-tos
- sentence
tê OUN e-PAU-ri-on el-THON-tos tou a-GRI-pa kai tês ber-NEE-kēs me-TA pol-LÊS phan-ta-SI-as kai ei-sel-THON-tōn eis to a-kro-a-TÊ-ri-on SYN te khi-li-AR-khois kai an-DRA-sin tois kat ek-so-KHÊN tês PO-le-ōs kai ke-LEU-san-tos tou PHÊS-tou ÊKH-thē ho PAU-los
Exegesis
A chain of genitive absolute constructions structures the sentence: elthontos tou Agrippa kai tēs Bernikēs {ἐλθόντος τοῦ Ἀγρίππα καὶ τῆς Βερνίκης | elthóntos tou Agríppa kaí tēs Berníkēs} ‘when Agrippa and Bernice had come’, eiselthontōn eis to akroatērion {εἰσελθόντων εἰς τὸ ἀκροατήριον | eiselthóntōn eis tó akroatḗrion} ‘when they had entered into the audience hall’, and keleusantos tou Phēstou {κελεύσαντος τοῦ Φήστου | keleúsantos tou Phḗstou} ‘when Festus had given the order’.
In context — Acts 25:23
So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with much pomp , and had entered the audience hall with the military tribunes and the leading men of the city, at the command of Festus , Paul was brought in.
About this coordinate
Acts 25:23:29 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 29 of Acts 25:23, so the Greek word κελεύσαντος (keleusantos) 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.25.23.W29, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.23.W29.S1) and character.