Acts 15:5:13Acts.15.5.W13TAB
δεῖ
dei
“it is necessary”
- Transliteration
- DEI
- Extended
- DEE
- IPA
- /diː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it is necessary
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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DEI
- sentence
ek-sa-NE-stê-san de TI-nes tôn a-PO tês hai-RE-se-ôs tôn pha-ri-sa-I-ôn pe-pi-steu-KO-tes LE-gon-tes HO-ti DEI pe-ri-TEM-nein au-TOUS pa-rang-GEL-lein te tê-REIN ton NO-mon mô-y-sE-ôs
Exegesis
The conjunction hoti {ὅτι | hóti} introduces an indirect statement centered on the impersonal verb dei {δεῖ | deî} ‘it is necessary’, governing the infinitives peritemnein {περιτέμνειν | peritémnein} ‘to circumcise’ and the coordinated paraggellein te terein {παραγγέλλειν τε τηρεῖν | parangéllein te tēreîn} ‘to command and to keep’.
In context — Acts 15:5
But some who had believed, from the sect of the Pharisees, stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”
About this coordinate
Acts 15:5:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 15:5, so the Greek word δεῖ (dei) 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.15.5.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.5.W13.S1) and character.