Acts 22:17:5Acts.22.17.W5TAB
εἰς
eis
“to”
- Transliteration
- eis
- Extended
- eis
- IPA
- /eis/
Meaning by language
- English
- to
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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eis
- sentence
e-GHE-ne-to DE moi hy-po-STRE-psan-ti eis i-e-rou-sa-LÊM KAI pro-seu-kho-ME-nou mou en tôi hi-e-RÔI ge-NES-thai me en ek-STA-sei
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase eis Ierousalēm {εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ | eis Ie-rou-sa-lḗm} specifies the direction and destination of that movement.
Root and etymology
diōkōdelta–iota–omega–kappa–omega
“to pursue, persecute”
In context — Acts 22:17
Now it happened to me, after I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I came to be in a trance .
About this coordinate
Acts 22:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 22:17, so the Greek word εἰς (eis) 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.22.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.17.W5.S1) and character.