Acts 3:7:2Acts.3.7.W2TAB
πιάσας
piasas
“having taken”
- Transliteration
- pi-A-sas
- Extended
- pih-AH-sahs
- IPA
- /piˈa.sas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having taken
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pi-A-sas
- sentence
KAI pi-A-sas au-TON TÊS de-ksi-AS khei-ROS Ê-gei-ren au-TON pa-ra-KHRÊ-ma de e-ste-re-Ô-thê-san hai BA-seis au-TOU KAI ta sphy-DRÁ
Exegesis
The aorist participle piasas {πιάσας | piásas} precedes the main verb and functions adverbially, describing the manner or attendant circumstance of the action: he first “having taken hold” and then acted.
Root and etymology
piazopi–iota–alpha–zeta–omega
“to seize, grasp”
In context — Acts 3:7
And having taken him by the right hand, he raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.
About this coordinate
Acts 3:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 3:7, so the Greek word πιάσας (piasas) 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.3.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.3.7.W2.S1) and character.