Acts 27:38:1Acts.27.38.W1TAB
κορεσθέντες
koresthentes
“having been satisfied”
- Transliteration
- ko-re-STHEN-tes
- Extended
- koh-reh-STHEN-tehs
- IPA
- /ko.reˈstʰen.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having been satisfied
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ko-re-STHEN-tes
- sentence
ko-re-STHEN-tes de tro-PHÊS e-KOU-phi-zon to PLOI-on ek-bal-LO-me-noi ton SI-ton eis tên THA-las-san
Exegesis
The verse opens with the aorist passive participle koresthentes {κορεσθέντες | kores-théntes} ‘having been satisfied,’ which functions temporally to mark a completed action prior to the main verb.
Root and etymology
Rootkappa–omicron–rho–epsilon–nu–nu–upsilon–mu–iota
“to satisfy, fill to the full”
In context — Acts 27:38
And when they had been satisfied with food, they began to lighten the ship by throwing out the wheat into the sea.
About this coordinate
Acts 27:38:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 27:38, so the Greek word κορεσθέντες (koresthentes) 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.27.38.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.38.W1.S1) and character.