Acts 14:8:5Acts.14.8.W5TAB
ἐν
en
“in”
- Transliteration
- en
- Extended
- ehn
- IPA
- /en/
Meaning by language
- English
- in
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
en
- sentence
KAI tis a-NÊR a-DY-na-tos en LYS-trois tois po-SIN e-KA-thê-to khō-LOS ek koi-LEE-as mê-TROS au-TOU hos ou-DE-po-te pe-ri-e-PA-tê-sen
Exegesis
The adjective adynatos {ἀδύνατος | adýnatos} ‘powerless’ is specified by the prepositional phrase en {ἐν | en} ‘in’ Lystrois {Λύστροις | Lýstrois} ‘Lystra’, with tois {τοῖς | toîs} ‘the’ and posin {ποσίν | posín} ‘feet’ marking the sphere of his inability.
Root and etymology
parrēsiapar-rē-sí-a
“boldness, openness in speech”
In context — Acts 14:8
And a certain man was sitting in Lystra, powerless in his feet, lame from the womb of his mother, who had never walked.
About this coordinate
Acts 14:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 14:8, so the Greek word ἐν (en) 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.14.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.8.W5.S1) and character.