Acts 17:21:8Acts.17.21.W8TAB
εἰς
eis
“for”
- Transliteration
- eis
- Extended
- eis
- IPA
- /eis/
Meaning by language
- English
- for
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
eis
- sentence
a-thê-NAI-oi DE PAN-tes KAI hoi e-pi-dê-MOUN-tes KSE-noi eis ou-DEN HE-te-ron ê-u-KAI-roun ê LE-gein ti ê a-KOU-ein ti kai-NO-te-ron
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase eis ouden heteron {εἰς οὐδὲν ἕτερον | eis ou-dén hé-te-ron} precedes the verb for emphasis, highlighting that their activity was directed “toward nothing else.”
Root and etymology
histēmieta–iota–sigma–tau–eta–mu–iota
“to cause to stand, to set in place”
In context — Acts 17:21
But all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there were spending their time on nothing else except to tell something or to hear something newer.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 17:21, so the Greek word εἰς (eis) 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.17.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.21.W8.S1) and character.