Acts 21:17:8Acts.21.17.W8TAB

ἡμᾶς

hêmas

us

Transliteration
hê-MAS
Extended
hay-MAHS
IPA
/hɛːˈmas/

Meaning by language

English
us

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Result
ἡ + μᾶς
hê + mas
hêmas

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Mum — as in mother
Alphaah — as in father
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    hê-MAS

  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 verb apedéxanto {ἀπεδέξαντο | apedéxanto} ‘they received’ in the middle voice suggests personal involvement or warmth, with hēmas {ἡμᾶς | hēmas} ‘us’ as the object and hoi adelphoí {οἱ ἀδελφοί | hoi adelphoí} ‘the brothers’ as the subject. In English, the genitive absolute is rendered as a temporal clause (“When we arrived”), preserving the sequence of arrival followed by a warm welcome.

In contextActs 21:17

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

About this coordinate

Acts 21:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 21:17, so the Greek word ἡμᾶς (hêmas) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.17.W8.S1) and character.