Acts 20:18:2Acts.20.18.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 pa-re-GHE-non-to pros au-TON EI-pen au-TOIS hy-MEIS e-PI-stas-the a-PO PRO-tês hê-ME-ras ap hês e-PE-bên eis tên a-SI-an pôs meth hy-MÔN ton PAN-ta KHRO-non e-ghe-NO-mên

Exegesis

The verse opens with the temporal conjunction hos {ὡς | hōs} introducing the circumstance under which the main action occurs, followed by the postpositive de {δὲ | de} to continue the narrative flow.

Root and etymology

speudosigma–pi–epsilon–upsilon–delta–omega

to hurry, make haste

In contextActs 20:18

And as they came to him, he said to them, "You yourselves know from the first day that I set foot in Asia how I was with you the whole time ."

About this coordinate

Acts 20:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 20:18, 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.20.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.18.W2.S1) and character.