Acts 20:8:4Acts.20.8.W4TAB
ἱκαναὶ
hikanai
“many”
- Transliteration
- hi-ka-NAI
- Extended
- hih-kah-NAI
- IPA
- /hi.kaˈnai/
Meaning by language
- English
- many
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Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
hi-ka-NAI
- sentence
Ê-san de lam-PA-des hi-ka-NAI en tôi hy-pe-RÔ-iôi hou Ê-men sy-nêg-ME-noi
Exegesis
The subject follows as lampades hikanai {λαμπάδες ἱκαναί | lam-PA-des hi-ka-NAI}, a noun–adjective pair in the nominative feminine plural, literally “lamps many,” emphasizing both number and adequacy.
In context — Acts 20:8
Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we had been gathered together .
About this coordinate
Acts 20:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 20:8, so the Greek word ἱκαναὶ (hikanai) 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.20.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.8.W4.S1) and character.