Acts 17:14:13Acts.17.14.W13TAB
θάλασσαν
thalassan
“sea”
- Transliteration
- THA-la-ssan
- Extended
- THAH-lah-ssahn
- IPA
- /ˈtʰa.las.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- sea
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Alphabet Analysis
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
THA-la-ssan
- sentence
eu-THE-ôs de TO-te ton PAU-lon ek-sa-PE-stei-lan hoi a-del-PHOI po-REU-es-thai HE-ôs e-PI tên THA-la-ssan hy-PE-mei-NAN te HO te si-LAS kai ho ti-MO-the-os e-KEI
Exegesis
The prepositional sequence heos epi ten thalassan {ἕως ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν | héōs epì tḕn thálassan} specifies the extent of the journey, with heos giving a limit (“as far as”) and epi marking the goal (“to/upon the sea”), naturally rendered in English as “as far as the sea” or “toward the sea.”
Root and etymology
thalassatheta–alpha–lambda–alpha–sigma–sigma–alpha
“sea, large body of water”
In context — Acts 17:14
Then immediately the brothers sent Paul to go as far as the sea , but Silas and Timothy remained there.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:14:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 17:14, so the Greek word θάλασσαν (thalassan) 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.17.14.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.14.W13.S1) and character.