Acts 28:16:6Acts.28.16.W6TAB
ἐπετράπη
epetrápê
“it was permitted”
- Transliteration
- e-pe-TRÁ-pê
- Extended
- eh-peh-TRAH-pêh
- IPA
- /e.peˈtra.pɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it was permitted
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
e-pe-TRÁ-pê
- sentence
HO-te DE ei-SAYL-tho-men eis RHÔ-mên e-pe-TRÁ-pê tôi PAU-lôi ME-nein kath he-au-TON syn tôi phy-LÁS-son-ti au-TON stra-ti-Ô-tê
Exegesis
The impersonal passive verb epetrapē {ἐπετράπη | e-pe-trá-pē} governs the infinitive menein {μένειν | mé-nein}, forming a provision-of-permission construction with Paulō {Παύλῳ | Paú-lō} in the dative as beneficiary.
Root and etymology
epitrepōepsilon pi iota tau rho epsilon pi omicron omega
“to permit, allow”
In context — Acts 28:16
When we came into Rome , Paul was allowed to stay in his own quarters, with a soldier who kept watch over him.
About this coordinate
Acts 28:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 28:16, so the Greek word ἐπετράπη (epetrápê) 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.28.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.16.W6.S1) and character.