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
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma
- 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 context — Acts 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.