Acts 21:33:11Acts.21.33.W11TAB
δυσί
dysi
“two”
- Transliteration
- dy-SI
- Extended
- dyoo-SIH
- IPA
- /dyˈsi/
Meaning by language
- English
- two
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
dy-SI
- sentence
TO-te en-GI-sas ho khi-LI-ar-khos e-pe-LA-be-to au-TOU KAI e-KE-leu-se de-THÊ-nai ha-LY-se-si dy-SI KAI e-pyn-THA-ne-to TIS EI-ê KAI TI ES-tin pe-poi-ê-KŌS
Exegesis
The verb ekéleuse {ἐκέλευσε | e-ké-leu-se} governs the infinitive dethenai {δεθῆναι | de-thē-nai}, with the dative phrase alysesesi dysi {ἁλύσεσι δυσί | ha-lý-sé-se-si dy-sí} expressing both instrument and number (“with two chains”).
In context — Acts 21:33
Then the commander came up, seized him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains . He asked who he was and what he had done.
About this coordinate
Acts 21:33:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 21:33, so the Greek word δυσί (dysi) 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.21.33.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.33.W11.S1) and character.