Acts 16:1:5Acts.16.1.W5TAB
Δέρβην
derbên
“Derbe”
- Transliteration
- DER-bên
- Extended
- dehr-BÊN
- IPA
- /ˈder.bɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Derbe
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
DER-bên
- sentence
ka-TÊN-tê-sen de KAI eis DER-bên KAI eis LYS-tran KAI i-DOU ma-thê-TÊS tis ÊN e-KEI o-NO-ma-ti ti-MO-the-os hy-HOS gy-nai-KOS iou-dai-AS pis-TÊS pa-TROS de HEL-lê-nos
Exegesis
The paired prepositional phrases eis Derbēn kai eis Lýstran {εἰς Δέρβην καὶ εἰς Λύστραν | eis Dérbēn kaí eis Lýstran} place equal emphasis on each city.
In context — Acts 16:1
He came also to Derbe and to Lystra, and look, a certain disciple was there named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but with a Greek father .
About this coordinate
Acts 16:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 16:1, so the Greek word Δέρβην (derbên) 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.16.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.1.W5.S1) and character.