Acts 16:37:20Acts.16.37.W20TAB
ἡμᾶς
hêmas
“us”
- Transliteration
- hê-MAS
- Extended
- hê-MAHS
- IPA
- /hɛːˈmas/
Meaning by language
- English
- us
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
hê-MAS
- sentence
ho de PAU-los E-phê pros au-TOUS DEI-ran-tes hê-MAS dê-mo-SI-a a-ka-ta-KRI-tous an-THRÔ-pous rhô-ma-I-ous hy-PAR-khon-tas E-ba-lan eis phy-la-KÊN kai NUN LA-thra hê-MAS ek-BAL-lou-sin ou GAR al-LA el-THON-tes au-TOI hê-MAS ek-sa-ga-GE-tô-san
Exegesis
Aorist participles chain Deirantes hēmas dēmosiā {Δείραντες ἡμᾶς δημοσίᾳ | Deí-ran-tes hē-mâs dē-mo-sí-āi} ‘having beaten us publicly’ and anthrōpous Rhōmaious hyparchontas {ἀνθρώπους Ῥωμαίους ὑπάρχοντας | an-thrṓ-pous Rhō-maí-ous hy-pár-khon-tas} ‘though we are Romans’ in apposition underscore both the injustice and the victims’ civic standing.
In context — Acts 16:37
But Paul said to them, “They beat us in public without condemnation, even though we are Romans , and they threw us into prison. And now they are casting us out in secret? Not at all. Let them come themselves and lead us out.”
About this coordinate
Acts 16:37:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Acts 16:37, so the Greek word ἡμᾶς (hêmas) 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.16.37.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.37.W20.S1) and character.