Acts 17:15:14Acts.17.15.W14TAB
Σιλᾶν
silân
“Silas”
- Transliteration
- si-LÂN
- Extended
- sih-LAHN
- IPA
- /siˈlan/
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 | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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si-LÂN
- sentence
hoi de ka-thi-STA-non-tes ton PAU-lon Ê-ga-gon HE-ōs a-thê-NŌN kai la-BON-tes en-to-LÊN pros ton si-LÂN kai ton ti-MO-the-on HI-na hōs TA-khi-sta EL-thō-sin pros au-TON ek-SÊ-e-san
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase pros ton Silan kai ton Timotheon {πρὸς τὸν Σιλᾶν καὶ τὸν Τιμόθεον | pròs ton Silân kai ton Timótheon} marks Silas and Timothy as the intended recipients of this command.
In context — Acts 17:15
But those who were conducting Paul brought him as far as Athens, and having received a command for Silas and Timothy that they should come to him as quickly as possible, they departed.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:15:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Acts 17:15, so the Greek word Σιλᾶν (silân) 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.17.15.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.15.W14.S1) and character.