Acts 14:18:4Acts.14.18.W4TAB
μόλις
molis
“with difficulty”
- Transliteration
- MO-lis
- Extended
- MOH-lihs
- IPA
- /ˈmo.lis/
Meaning by language
- English
- with difficulty
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
MO-lis
- sentence
KAI TAU-ta LE-gon-tes MO-lis ka-TE-pau-san tous O-khlous tou MÊ THY-ein au-TOIS
Exegesis
The adverb molis {μόλις | mó-lis} precedes the main verb katepausan {κατέπαυσαν | ka-té-pau-san}, giving adverbial focus to the difficulty of the action. The aorist katepausan presents their restraining as a single, decisive event.
In context — Acts 14:18
And as they were saying these things, they scarcely restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them.
About this coordinate
Acts 14:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 14:18, so the Greek word μόλις (molis) 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.14.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.18.W4.S1) and character.