Acts 21:17:2Acts.21.17.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

    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 contextActs 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.