Acts 18:24:2Acts.18.24.W2TAB

δέ

de

and

Transliteration
DE
Extended
DEH
IPA
/ˈde/

Meaning by language

English
and

Alphabet Analysis

Deltath — as in this
Epsilone — as in met (short)

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Word in context

  1. word

    DE

  2. sentence

    i-ou-da-EE-os DE tis a-pol-LÔS o-NO-ma-ti a-lek-san-DRÉUS tôi GE-nei a-NÊR LO-gi-os ka-TÊN-tê-sen eis E-phe-son dy-na-TOS ÔN en tais gra-PHAIS

Exegesis

The verse begins with the topical subject Ioudaios {Ἰουδαῖος | Iou-daî-os} and the particle de {δέ | dé} joined to the indefinite pronoun tis {τις | tis}, yielding “a certain Jew” with Apollos {Ἀπολλῶς | A-pol-lôs} in apposition as his name.

Root and etymology

delphusdelta epsilon lambda phi upsilon sigma

womb

In contextActs 18:24

Now Apollos, a Jew from Alexandria, an eloquent man, arrived in Ephesus; he was powerful in the Scriptures .

About this coordinate

Acts 18:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 18:24, so the Greek word δέ (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.18.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.24.W2.S1) and character.