Acts 18:5:9Acts.18.5.W9TAB
Σιλᾶς
silas
“Silas”
- Transliteration
- si-LAS
- Extended
- sih-LAHS
- IPA
- /siˈlas/
Meaning by language
- English
- Silas
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
si-LAS
- 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 subject of the verb is expressed by the correlative construction ho te Silas kai ho Timotheos {ὅ τε Σιλᾶς καὶ ὁ Τιμόθεος | hó te Silâs kaí ho Timótheos}, in which te…kai underscores the joint arrival of Silas and Timothy.
In context — Acts 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 18:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 18:5, so the Greek word Σιλᾶς (silas) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.5.W9.S1) and character.