Acts 5:13:5Acts.5.13.W5TAB
ἐτόλμα
etolma
“was daring”
- Transliteration
- e-TOL-ma
- Extended
- eh-TOL-mah
- IPA
- /eˈtol.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- was daring
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-TOL-ma
- sentence
tôn DE loi-PÔN ou-deis e-TOL-ma kol-LA-sthai au-TOIS AL e-me-GA-ly-ne(n) au-TOUS ho la-OS
Exegesis
The verb etolma {ἐτόλμα | e-tól-ma} “was daring” in the imperfect tense portrays an ongoing or repeated reluctance rather than a single moment of fear.
In context — Acts 5:13
Yet none of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high regard .
About this coordinate
Acts 5:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 5:13, so the Greek word ἐτόλμα (etolma) 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.5.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.5.13.W5.S1) and character.