Acts 26:20:21Acts.26.20.W21TAB
ἐπιστρέφειν
epistrephein
“to turn back”
- Transliteration
- e-pi-STRE-phein
- Extended
- eh-pih-STREH-pheh-een
- IPA
- /e.piˈstre.pʰeːin/
Meaning by language
- English
- to turn back
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
e-pi-STRE-phein
- sentence
al-LA tois en da-mas-KÔ PRÔ-ton te kai hi-e-ro-so-LY-mois PA-san te tēn KHÔ-ran tês i-ou-da-I-as kai tois ETH-ne-sin a-PÊN-gel-lon me-ta-no-EIN kai e-pi-STRE-phein e-PI ton the-ON AX-ia tês me-ta-NOI-as ER-ga PRAS-son-tas
Exegesis
This verb governs two complementary infinitives, metanoein {μετανοεῖν | meta-noeîn} ‘to repent’ and epistrephein {ἐπιστρέφειν | e-pi-stré-phein} ‘to turn’, joined by kai {καὶ | kaí}, forming a coordinated call for inner change and reorientation.
In context — Acts 26:20
But to those in Damascus first, and also in Jerusalem and all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles , I was declaring that they should repent and turn to God , doing works worthy of repentance.
About this coordinate
Acts 26:20:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Acts 26:20, so the Greek word ἐπιστρέφειν (epistrephein) 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.26.20.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.20.W21.S1) and character.