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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Result
ἱ + κα + ναὶ
hi + ka + nai
hikanai

Alphabet Analysis

Iotai — as in machine
Kappak — as in kite
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new
Alphaah — as in father
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    hi-ka-NAI

  2. 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 contextActs 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.