Acts 15:5:2Acts.15.5.W2TAB
δὲ
de
“but”
- Transliteration
- de
- Extended
- deh
- IPA
- /de/
Meaning by language
- English
- but
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
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de
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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 sentence begins with the aorist verb exanestesan {Ἐξανέστησαν | Exanéstēsan} ‘they rose up’, fronted for emphasis and followed by the postpositive conjunction de {δὲ | dè}, marking a shift in the narrative.
Root and etymology
adelphosalpha–delta–epsilon–lambda–phi–omicron–sigma
“brother”
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 15:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 15:5, so the Greek word δὲ (de) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.5.W2.S1) and character.