Acts 16:27:5Acts.16.27.W5TAB
δεσμοφύλαξ
desmophylaks
“jailer”
- Transliteration
- des-mo-PHY-laks
- Extended
- dehs-moh-PHÜ-lahks
- IPA
- /des.moˈpʰy.laks/
Meaning by language
- English
- jailer
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) |
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The word
Word in context
- word
des-mo-PHY-laks
- sentence
EK-sy-pnos DE ge-NO-me-nos ho des-mo-PHY-laks KAI i-DON a-ne-oiɣ-ME-nas tas THY-ras tês phy-la-KÊS spa-SA-me-nos tên MA-khai-ran Ê-mel-len he-au-TON a-nai-REIN no-MI-dzōn ek-pe-pheu-GE-nai tous des-MI-ous
Exegesis
The aorist middle participle genomenos {γενόμενος | genómenos} ‘having become’ attaches to ho desmophylax {ὁ δεσμοφύλαξ | ho desmophýlax} ‘the jailer,’ yielding “when the jailer became awake.”
Root and etymology
δεσμός
“jailer”
In context — Acts 16:27
When the jailer woke to find the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, assuming the prisoners had escaped.
About this coordinate
Acts 16:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 16:27, so the Greek word δεσμοφύλαξ (desmophylaks) 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.16.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.27.W5.S1) and character.