Acts 15:28:8Acts.15.28.W8TAB

ἡμῖν

hêmeen

to us

Transliteration
hê-MEEN
Extended
hay-MEEN
IPA
/hɛːˈmiːn/

Meaning by language

English
to us

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Result
ἡ + μῖν
hê + meen
hêmeen

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Mum — as in mother
Iotai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    hê-MEEN

  2. sentence

    E-dok-sen gar tô PNEU-ma-ti tô ha-GI-ō KAI hê-MEEN mê-THEN PLE-on e-pi-TI-the-sthai hy-MEEN BA-ros PLÊN TOU-tōn tôn e-PA-nan-ges

Exegesis

The coordinating dative hēmin {ἡμῖν | hē-mîn} aligns the human apostles with the Spirit in the decision, both governed by the complementary infinitive epitithesthai {ἐπιτίθεσθαι | e-pi-TÍ-the-sthai} “to lay upon.”

In contextActs 15:28

For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to place on you no greater burden than these necessary things .

About this coordinate

Acts 15:28:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 15:28, so the Greek word ἡμῖν (hêmeen) 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.15.28.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.28.W8.S1) and character.