Acts 17:34:2Acts.17.34.W2TAB
δὲ
de
“but”
- Transliteration
- de
- Extended
- deh
- IPA
- /de/
Meaning by language
- English
- but
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
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de
- sentence
ti-NES de AN-dres kol-lê-THEN-tes au-TOI e-PI-steu-san en hois kai di-o-NY-si-os ho a-re-o-pa-GI-tês kai gy-NÊ o-NO-ma-ti DA-ma-ris kai HE-te-roi syn au-TOIS
Exegesis
The verse opens with the contrastive phrase tines de andres {τινὲς δὲ ἄνδρες | tinès dè ándres} “but some men,” setting these hearers in contrast to the scoffers previously mentioned.
Root and etymology
Rootdelta–iota–alpha–delta–epsilon–upsilon–omega
“to travel through, go along a way”
In context — Acts 17:34
But some men joined themselves to him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:34:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 17:34, so the Greek word δὲ (de) 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.17.34.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.34.W2.S1) and character.