Acts 21:17:5Acts.21.17.W5TAB

Ἱεροσόλυμα

hierosolyma

Jerusalem

Transliteration
hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma
Extended
hih-eh-roh-SOH-ly-mah
IPA
/hi.e.roˈso.ly.ma/

Meaning by language

English
Jerusalem

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Result
Ἱ + ε + ρο + σό + λυ + μα
hi + e + ro + so + ly + ma
hierosolyma

Alphabet Analysis

Iotai — as in machine
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Rhor — rolled r
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Sigmas — as in sit
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Lambdal — as in law
Upsiloni — as in machine
Mum — as in mother
Alphaah — as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma

  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 prepositional phrase eis Hierosolyma {εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα | eis Hierosólyma} ‘into Jerusalem’ specifies the goal and anchors the scene in the central holy city.

In contextActs 21:17

When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us gladly .

About this coordinate

Acts 21:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 21:17, so the Greek word Ἱεροσόλυμα (hierosolyma) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.17.W5.S1) and character.