Acts 25:3:6Acts.25.3.W6TAB
μεταπέμψηται
metapempsētai
“he might summon”
- Transliteration
- me-ta-PEM-psē-tai
- Extended
- meh-tah-PEHM-pseh-tai
- IPA
- /me.taˈpem.pseː.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- he might summon
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
me-ta-PEM-psē-tai
- sentence
ai-TOU-me-noi KHA-rin kat au-TOU HO-pōs me-ta-PEM-psē-tai au-TON eis ie-rou-sa-LÊM e-NÉ-dran poi-OUN-tes a-ne-LEIN au-TON ka-TA tēn ho-DON
Exegesis
The purpose conjunction hopos {ὅπως | hópos} introduces the clause metapempsetai auton {μεταπέμψηται αὐτὸν | metapémpsētai autón}, where the aorist middle subjunctive expresses the intended action “that he might send for him.”
In context — Acts 25:3
They were asking a favor against him so that he might send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to kill him along the road .
About this coordinate
Acts 25:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 25:3, so the Greek word μεταπέμψηται (metapempsētai) 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.25.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.3.W6.S1) and character.