Acts 14:20:10Acts.14.20.W10TAB
πόλιν
polin
“city”
- Transliteration
- PO-lin
- Extended
- POH-lihn
- IPA
- /ˈpo.lin/
Meaning by language
- English
- city
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
PO-lin
- sentence
ky-klō-SAN-tōn de tōn ma-thê-TŌN au-TON a-na-STAS ei-SÊL-then eis tēn PO-lin KAI têi e-PAU-ri-on ek-SÊL-then syn tôi bar-na-BAI eis DER-bên
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase eis tēn polin {εἰς τὴν πόλιν | eis tēn pólīn} specifies the direction of movement.
In context — Acts 14:20
But as the disciples stood around him, he rose and entered the city, and on the next day he departed with Barnabas for Derbe.
About this coordinate
Acts 14:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Acts 14:20, so the Greek word πόλιν (polin) 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.14.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.20.W10.S1) and character.