Acts 28:18:5Acts.28.18.W5TAB
ἀπολῦσαι
apolysai
“to release”
- Transliteration
- a-po-LY-sai
- Extended
- ah-poh-LY-sai
- IPA
- /a.poˈly.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to release
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
a-po-LY-sai
- sentence
HOI-ti-nes a-na-kri-nan-TES me e-BOU-lon-to a-po-LY-sai di-A to mê-de-MI-an ai-TI-an tha-NA-tou hy-PAR-khein en e-MOI
Exegesis
This main verb, in the imperfect middle, portrays their ongoing desire or intent, while the complementary infinitive apolysai {ἀπολῦσαί | a-po-lý-sai} specifies the content of that desire, “to release.”
In context — Acts 28:18
These, having examined me, were wishing to release me, because there was no cause for death in me.
About this coordinate
Acts 28:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 28:18, so the Greek word ἀπολῦσαι (apolysai) 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.28.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.18.W5.S1) and character.