Acts 14:3:18Acts.14.3.W18TAB
σημεῖα
sêmeia
“signs”
- Transliteration
- sê-MEI-a
- Extended
- sêh-MEI-ah
- IPA
- /sɛːˈmei.a/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
sê-MEI-a
- sentence
hi-ka-NON MEN OON KHRO-non di-E-tripsan par-rhê-si-a-ZO-me-noi e-PI tôi ky-REE-oi tôi mar-ty-ROON-ti tôi LO-goi tês KHA-ri-tos au-TOU di-DON-ti sê-MEI-a KAI TE-ra-ta GI-nes-thai di-A tôn khei-RÔN au-TÔN
Exegesis
Two dative participial clauses, martyrounti tô logō tēs charitos autou {μαρτυροῦντι τῷ λόγῳ τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ | mar-tu-roún-ti tô ló-gō tês kha-rí-tos au-toû} and didonti sēmeia kai terata ginesthai {διδόντι σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα γίνεσθαι | di-dón-ti sē-meî-a kai té-ra-ta gí-nes-thai}, are both governed by the same dative reference to kuriō and present two concurrent divine actions: bearing witness to the message of grace and granting miraculous confirmation.
Root and etymology
sēmeionsigma–eta–mu–epsilon–iota–omicron–nu
“sign, token, miracle”
In context — Acts 14:3
So they remained there for quite some time, speaking boldly for the Lord , and He bore witness to the word of His grace by permitting signs and wonders to be done through their hands.
About this coordinate
Acts 14:3:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 14:3, so the Greek word σημεῖα (sêmeia) 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.14.3.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.3.W18.S1) and character.