Acts 20:11:12Acts.20.11.W12TAB
ὁμιλήσας
homilaysas
“having conversed”
- Transliteration
- ho-mi-LAY-sas
- Extended
- hoh-mih-LAY-sahs
- IPA
- /ho.miˈlɛː.sas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having conversed
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ho-mi-LAY-sas
- sentence
a-na-BAS de kai KLA-sas ton AR-ton kai geu-SA-me-nos eph hi-ka-NON te ho-mi-LAY-sas A-khri au-GÊS HOU-tōs ek-SÊL-then
Exegesis
The participles anabas {ἀναβὰς | a-na-bás} ‘having gone up’, klasas {κλάσας | klá-sas} ‘having broken’, geusamenos {γευσάμενος | geu-sá-me-nos} ‘having eaten’, and homilēsas {ὁμιλήσας | ho-mi-lé-sas} ‘having spoken’ function as circumstantial participles describing a sequence of prior actions leading up to the departure.
Root and etymology
homileōomicron–mu–iota–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to converse, associate with”
In context — Acts 20:11
And when he had gone up and had broken the bread , and had eaten, he spoke for a considerable time , until daybreak; thus he departed.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 20:11, so the Greek word ὁμιλήσας (homilaysas) 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.20.11.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.11.W12.S1) and character.