John 4:38:2John.4.38.W2TAB

ἀπέστειλα

apesteila

{I} sent

Transliteration
a-PE-stei-la
Extended
ah-PEH-stei-lah
IPA
/aˈpes.tiː.la/

Meaning by language

English
{I} sent

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Result
ἀ + πέ + στει + λα
a + pe + stei + la
apesteila

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Pip — as in pet
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Sigmas — as in sit
Taut — as in top
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Lambdal — as in law
Alphaah — as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-PE-stei-la

  2. sentence

    e-GÔ a-PE-stei-la hy-MAS the-RI-dzein ho oukh hy-MEIS ke-ko-pi-A-ka-te AL-loi ke-ko-pi-A-ka-sin KAI hy-MEIS eis ton KO-pon au-TÔN ei-se-lê-LY-tha-te

Exegesis

It is followed by the finite verb apesteila {ἀπέστειλα | apé-stei-la}, an aorist indicative that presents the sending as a completed commissioning.

Root and etymology

apostelloalpha–pi–omicron–sigma–tau–epsilon–lambda–lambda–omicron–omega

to send out, dispatch

In contextJohn 4:38

I sent you to reap that which you have not labored for; others have labored , and you have entered into their labor.

About this coordinate

John 4:38:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of John 4:38, so the Greek word ἀπέστειλα (apesteila) 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 John.4.38.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.38.W2.S1) and character.