Acts 25:7:4Acts.25.7.W4TAB
περιέστησαν
periestêsan
“they stood around”
- Transliteration
- pe-ri-E-stê-san
- Extended
- peh-ree-EH-steh-san
- IPA
- /pe.riˈe.stɛː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- they stood around
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
pe-ri-E-stê-san
- sentence
pa-ra-ge-no-ME-nou de au-TOU pe-ri-E-stê-san au-TON hoi a-PO hi-e-ro-so-LY-mōn ka-ta-be-bê-KO-tes i-ou-da-I-oi pol-LA kai ba-RE-a ai-ti-O-ma-ta ka-ta-PHE-ron-tes ha ouk IS-khy-on a-po-DEI-ksai
Exegesis
The main verb periēstēsan {περιέστησαν | periéstēsan} ‘they stood around’ conveys the adversaries forming a hostile circle around their target.
In context — Acts 25:7
When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious accusations against him, which they were not able to prove.
About this coordinate
Acts 25:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 25:7, so the Greek word περιέστησαν (periestêsan) 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.25.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.7.W4.S1) and character.