Acts 25:6:20Acts.25.6.W20TAB
ἐκέλευσεν
ekeleusen
“he ordered”
- Transliteration
- e-KE-leu-sen
- Extended
- eh-KEH-leu-se(n)
- IPA
- /eˈke.leu.sen/
Meaning by language
- English
- he ordered
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| 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 | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
e-KE-leu-sen
- sentence
di-a-TRI-psas de en au-TOIS hê-ME-ras ou PLEI-ous ok-TO ê DE-ka ka-ta-BAS eis kai-SA-rei-an têi e-PAU-ri-on ka-THI-sas e-PI tou BÊ-ma-tos e-KE-leu-sen ton PAU-lon akh-THÊ-nai
Exegesis
All three participles—diatripsas, katabas, kathisas—are subordinate to the main verb ekeleusen {ἐκέλευσεν | ekéleusen} ‘he ordered’, which carries the central narrative action.
Root and etymology
keleuōkappa–epsilon–lambda–epsilon–upsilon–omega
“to order, command, direct”
In context — Acts 25:6
And after spending not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea; on the next day, having taken his seat on the judgment seat , he ordered Paul to be brought.
About this coordinate
Acts 25:6:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Acts 25:6, so the Greek word ἐκέλευσεν (ekeleusen) 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.25.6.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.6.W20.S1) and character.