Acts 27:32:2Acts.27.32.W2TAB
ἀπέκοψαν
apekopsan
“cut off”
- Transliteration
- a-PE-kop-san
- Extended
- ah-PEH-kop-sahn
- IPA
- /aˈpe.kop.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- cut off
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-PE-kop-san
- sentence
TO-te a-PE-kop-san hoi stra-ti-O-tai ta skhoi-NI-a tês SKA-phês KAI EI-a-san au-TÊN ek-pe-SEIN
Exegesis
The aorist verb apekopsan {ἀπέκοψαν | a-pé-kop-san} ‘they cut off’ narrates a completed action, with its subject hoi stratiotai {οἱ στρατιῶται | hoi stra-ti-ō-tai} ‘the soldiers’ following the verb in standard narrative order.
In context — Acts 27:32
Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat and let it drift away.
About this coordinate
Acts 27:32:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 27:32, so the Greek word ἀπέκοψαν (apekopsan) 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.27.32.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.32.W2.S1) and character.