Acts 18:5:2Acts.18.5.W2TAB

δὲ

de

and

Transliteration
de
Extended
deh
IPA
/de/

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

    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

delphusdelta epsilon lambda phi upsilon sigma

womb

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 18:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 18:5, 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.18.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.5.W2.S1) and character.