Acts 25:26:3Acts.25.26.W3TAB
ἀσφαλές
asphales
“definite”
- Transliteration
- as-pha-LES
- Extended
- ahs-phah-LES
- IPA
- /as.pʰaˈles/
Meaning by language
- English
- definite
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
as-pha-LES
- sentence
pe-RI hou as-pha-LES ti GRA-psai tôi ky-REE-ôi ouk E-khô di-O pro-Ê-ga-gon au-TON eph hy-MÔN kai MA-lis-ta e-PI sou ba-si-LEU a-GRIp-pa HO-pôs tês a-na-KRI-se-ôs ghe-no-ME-nês skhÔ TI GRA-psô
Exegesis
The structure ouk echō asphales ti grapsai tō kuriō {οὐκ ἔχω ἀσφαλές τι γράψαι τῷ κυρίῳ | ouk ékhō asphalés tí grápsai tôi kyríō} combines a negated verb of possession with an infinitival phrase, conveying Festus’s lack of sufficient, reliable content “to write to the lord,” here referring to the emperor as audience of the report.
Root and etymology
sphallōsigma–phi–alpha–lambda–lambda–omega
“to make stumble, cause to fall,”
In context — Acts 25:26
Concerning whom I have nothing certain to write to the lord , therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after an examination has taken place I might have something to write.
About this coordinate
Acts 25:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 25:26, so the Greek word ἀσφαλές (asphales) 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.25.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.26.W3.S1) and character.