Acts 14:6:5Acts.14.6.W5TAB
πόλεις
poleis
“cities”
- Transliteration
- PO-leis
- Extended
- POH-leis
- IPA
- /ˈpo.leis/
Meaning by language
- English
- cities
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
PO-leis
- sentence
sy-ni-DON-tes ka-TE-phy-gon eis tas PO-leis tês ly-ka-o-NEE-as LYS-tran kai DER-bên kai tên pe-RI-khō-ron
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase eis tas poleis {εἰς τὰς πόλεις | eís tàs póleis} “into the cities” specifies the direction of movement, with the accusative indicating goal.
In context — Acts 14:6
When they realized this, they fled into the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region .
About this coordinate
Acts 14:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 14:6, so the Greek word πόλεις (poleis) 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.14.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.6.W5.S1) and character.