Acts 15:27:5Acts.15.27.W5TAB
Σιλᾶν
silan
“Silas”
- Transliteration
- si-LAN
- Extended
- sih-LAHN
- IPA
- /siˈlan/
Meaning by language
- English
- Silas
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
si-LAN
- sentence
a-pe-STAL-ka-men OUN i-OU-dan KAI si-LAN KAI au-TOUS di-A LO-gou a-paNG-GEL-lon-tas ta au-TA
Exegesis
The direct objects Ioudan {Ἰούδαν | Ioúdan} and Silan {Σιλᾶν | Silân} specify the emissaries, and the coordinated pronoun autous {αὐτοὺς | autoùs} is expanded by the participle apangellontas {ἀπαγγέλλοντας | apangéllontas} to create an object–complement construction stressing their role as reporters.
In context — Acts 15:27
Therefore we have sent Judas and Silas, and they themselves will communicate these same things to you orally .
About this coordinate
Acts 15:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 15:27, so the Greek word Σιλᾶν (silan) 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.15.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.27.W5.S1) and character.