Acts 17:4:12Acts.17.4.W12TAB
Σιλᾷ
sila
“Silas”
- Transliteration
- si-LA
- Extended
- sih-LAH
- IPA
- /siˈla/
Meaning by language
- English
- Silas
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
si-LA
- sentence
KAI TI-nes eks au-TON e-PEI-sthē-san KAI pro-se-klē-RŌ-thē-san tō PAU-lō KAI tō si-LA tōn te se-bo-ME-nōn hel-LĒ-nōn PLÊ-thos po-LY gy-nai-KŌN te tōn PRŌ-tōn ouk o-LI-gai
Exegesis
The coordinated datives tō Paulō kai tō Silā {τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ τῷ Σιλᾷ | tō Paú-lō kai tō Si-lā} highlight Paul and Silas as the new relational center for these believers.
In context — Acts 17:4
And some of them were persuaded and were joined to Paul and Silas, along with a great multitude of the worshipping Greeks and not a few of the leading women.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:4:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 17:4, so the Greek word Σιλᾷ (sila) 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.17.4.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.4.W12.S1) and character.