Acts 15:32:4Acts.15.32.W4TAB
Σιλᾶς
silas
“Silas”
- Transliteration
- si-LAS
- Extended
- sih-LAHS
- IPA
- /siˈlas/
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 | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
si-LAS
- sentence
i-OU-das te KAI si-LAS KAI au-TOI pro-PHÊ-tai ON-tes di-A LO-gou pol-LOU pa-re-KA-le-san tous a-del-PHOUS KAI e-pe-STÊ-ri-san
Exegesis
The verse is a single clause with a compound subject Ioudas {Ἰούδας | Ioú-das} and Silas {Σιλᾶς | Si-lâs}, linked by the correlative particle te {τέ | té} and the conjunction kai {καί | kaí}, giving the sense of both persons together.
Root and etymology
likely Semitic Shaulshin–aleph–waw–lamed
“asked for”
In context — Acts 15:32
And Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, encouraged the brothers with many words and strengthened them.
About this coordinate
Acts 15:32:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 15:32, so the Greek word Σιλᾶς (silas) 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.15.32.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.32.W4.S1) and character.