Acts 16:9:18Acts.16.9.W18TAB
Διαβὰς
diabas
“having come over”
- Transliteration
- di-a-BAS
- Extended
- dih-ah-BAHS
- IPA
- /di.aˈbas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having come over
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
di-a-BAS
- sentence
kai HO-ra-ma di-A nyk-TOS tôi PAU-lō ŌPH-thê a-NÊR ma-ke-DŌN tis ÊN hes-TŌS kai pa-ra-ka-LŌN au-TON kai LE-gōn di-a-BAS eis ma-ke-do-NI-an bo-Ê-thê-son hê-MEEN
Exegesis
Direct discourse begins with the aorist participle Diabas {Διαβὰς | Diabàs}, implying the motion “having crossed over,” followed by the prepositional phrase eis Makedonian {εἰς Μακεδονίαν | eis Makedonían} and the aorist imperative boēthēson {βοήθησον | boḗthēson} with the dative hēmin {ἡμῖν | hēmîn}, “help us.” The translation renders the participles as finite verbs or smooth participial phrases to reflect the urgency and clarity of the appeal while preserving the narrative sequence.
In context — Acts 16:9
During the night a vision was shown to Paul; a Macedonian man was standing there, urging him and saying, “Come across to Macedonia and help us.”
About this coordinate
Acts 16:9:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 16:9, so the Greek word Διαβὰς (diabas) 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.16.9.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.9.W18.S1) and character.