Acts 22:8:2Acts.22.8.W2TAB
δὲ
de
“but”
- Transliteration
- de
- Extended
- deh
- IPA
- /de/
Meaning by language
- English
- but
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
de
- sentence
e-GO de a-pe-KRI-thên TEES EI KY-ree-e ei-PEN te pros e-ME e-GO EI-mi ee-ay-SOOS ho na-zô-ra-IOS hon sy di-Ô-keis
Exegesis
The verse begins with the explicit subject pronoun ego {ἐγὼ | egō} ‘I’, followed by the connective de {δὲ | de} ‘but/and’ and the aorist verb apekrithen {ἀπεκρίθην | apekríthēn} ‘answered’, forming a typical narrative reporting clause.
Root and etymology
desmosdelta–epsilon–sigma–mu–omicron–sigma
“bond, fetter”
In context — Acts 22:8
And I answered, “Who are You, Lord ?” And He said to me, “I am Jesus , the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.”
About this coordinate
Acts 22:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 22:8, so the Greek word δὲ (de) 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.22.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.8.W2.S1) and character.