Acts 19:4:2Acts.19.4.W2TAB
δὲ
de
“and”
- Transliteration
- de
- Extended
- deh
- IPA
- /de/
Meaning by language
- English
- and
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
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de
- sentence
EI-pen de PAU-los i-ō-AN-nēs e-BA-pti-sen BA-ptis-ma me-ta-NOI-as tôi la-ÔI LE-gōn eis ton er-KHO-me-non met au-TON HI-na pi-STEU-sō-sin tout ES-tin eis ton ee-ay-SOON
Exegesis
The sentence begins with the narrative verb eipen {εἶπεν | eî-pen} ‘said,’ with the subject Paulos {Παῦλος | Paû-los} following the postpositive conjunction de {δὲ | dè}, a typical Koine word order that continues the preceding discourse.
Root and etymology
roots duodelta–upsilon–omicron
“twelve, two plus ten”
In context — Acts 19:4
And Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance for the people, saying to the people that they should believe in the One coming after him—that is, in Jesus .”
About this coordinate
Acts 19:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 19:4, 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.19.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.4.W2.S1) and character.