Acts 6:5:2Acts.6.5.W2TAB
ἤρεσεν
êresen
“pleased”
- Transliteration
- Ê-re-sen
- Extended
- Êh-reh-sen
- IPA
- /ˈɛː.re.sen/
Meaning by language
- English
- pleased
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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Ê-re-sen
- sentence
KAI Ê-re-sen ho LO-gos e-NŌ-pi-on pan-TOS tou PLÊ-thous KAI ek-se-LEK-san-to STE-pha-non AN-dra PLÊ-rês PI-ste-ōs KAI PNEU-ma-tos ha-GI-ou KAI PHI-lip-pon KAI PRO-kho-ron KAI ni-KA-no-ra KAI TI-mō-na KAI par-me-NAN KAI ni-KO-la-on pro-SÊ-ly-ton an-ti-o-khe-A
Exegesis
The verb ēresen {ἤρεσεν | ḗresen} functions impersonally, with ho logos {ὁ λόγος | ho lógos} as its subject, so that “the statement” is what “pleased.”
In context — Acts 6:5
And the statement pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit , and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch.
About this coordinate
Acts 6:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 6:5, so the Greek word ἤρεσεν (êresen) 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.6.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.6.5.W2.S1) and character.