Acts 20:6:1Acts.20.6.W1TAB
ἡμεῖς
hêmeis
“we”
- Transliteration
- hê-MEIS
- Extended
- hay-MEIS
- IPA
- /hɛːˈmeis/
Meaning by language
- English
- we
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
hê-MEIS
- sentence
hê-MEIS de ek-se-PLEU-sa-men me-TA tas hê-ME-ras tôn a-ZY-môn a-PO phi-LIP-pôn kai ÊL-tho-men pros au-TOUS eis tên trō-A-da A-khri hê-me-RÔN PEN-te hou di-e-TRIP-sa-men hê-ME-ras hep-TA
Exegesis
The verse begins with the emphatic subject hēmeis {ἡμεῖς | hē-meîs} ‘we’, followed by the postpositive conjunction de {δὲ | dé}, signaling a new stage in the travel narrative while maintaining continuity with the preceding account.
In context — Acts 20:6
But we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread , and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed seven days.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 20:6, so the Greek word ἡμεῖς (hêmeis) 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.20.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.6.W1.S1) and character.