Acts 21:17:2Acts.21.17.W2TAB
δὲ
de
“and”
- Transliteration
- de
- Extended
- deh
- IPA
- /de/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
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de
- sentence
ge-no-ME-nōn de hê-MON eis hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma as-ME-nōs a-pe-DEK-san-to hê-MAS hoi a-del-PHOI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the genitive absolute construction genomenon hēmōn {Γενομένων δὲ ἡμῶν | Genoménōn dè hēmōn} ‘When we had come’, a circumstantial participial phrase providing temporal background.
The postpositive conjunction de {δὲ | dè} links this clause to the preceding narrative.
Root and etymology
delphusdelta–epsilon–lambda–phi–upsilon–sigma
“womb”
In context — Acts 21:17
When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us gladly .
About this coordinate
Acts 21:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 21:17, 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.21.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.17.W2.S1) and character.