Acts 17:14:18Acts.17.14.W18TAB
Σιλᾶς
silas
“Silas”
- Transliteration
- si-LAS
- Extended
- see-LAHS
- IPA
- /siˈlas/
Meaning by language
- English
- Silas
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
si-LAS
- 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 second clause, hupemeinan te ho te Silas kai ho Timotheos ekei {ὑπέμεινάν τε ὅ τε Σιλᾶς καὶ ὁ Τιμόθεος ἐκεῖ | hypémeinán te hó te Silâs kaì ho Timótheos ekeî}, uses the correlative pattern te … te plus kai to express “both … and,” grouping Silas and Timothy as a pair who remain in place. The aorist hupemeinan presents their remaining as a single decisive action in contrast to Paul’s departure, while ekei “there” closes the sentence by anchoring the scene spatially in the same location from which Paul is sent. In English, the two Greek clauses are rendered as coordinated statements with a mild adversative (“but” / “while”), preserving both the immediacy of Paul’s removal and the deliberate decision of Silas and Timothy to stay behind.
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 17:14:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 17:14, so the Greek word Σιλᾶς (silas) 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.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.14.W18.S1) and character.