Acts 18:5:1Acts.18.5.W1TAB

Ὡς

hôs

When

Transliteration
hôs
Extended
hôhs
IPA
/hɔːs/

Meaning by language

English
When

Alphabet Analysis

Omegao — same as omicron
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    hôs

  2. sentence

    hôs de ka-TÊL-thon a-PO tês ma-ke-do-NI-as ho te si-LAS kai ho ti-MO-the-os sy-NEI-khe-to tôi LO-gô ho PAU-los di-a-mar-ty-RO-me-nos tois i-ou-dai-OIS EI-nai ton khri-STON ee-ay-SOON

Exegesis

The verse begins with the temporal clause hos de katelthon {Ὡς δὲ κατῆλθον | hōs dè katêlthon} ‘when they came down,’ where the conjunction hos introduces a time setting and the particle de links this event to the preceding narrative.

Root and etymology

tonost–o–n–o–s

tension, exertion

In contextActs 18:5

But when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was being constrained by the word, solemnly testifying to the Jews that the Christ is Jesus .

About this coordinate

Acts 18:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 18:5, so the Greek word Ὡς (hôs) 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.18.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.5.W1.S1) and character.