Acts 23:16:2Acts.23.16.W2TAB

δὲ

de

and

Transliteration
de
Extended
deh
IPA
/de/

Meaning by language

English
and

Alphabet Analysis

Deltath — as in this
Epsilone — as in met (short)

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Word in context

  1. word

    de

  2. sentence

    a-KOU-sas de ho hy-OS tês a-del-PHÊS PAU-lou tên e-NE-dran pa-ra-ge-NO-me-nos kai ei-sel-THÔN eis tên pa-rem-bo-LÊN a-PÊNG-gei-len tôi PAU-lôi

Exegesis

The nominative phrase ho huios tēs adelphēs Paulou {ὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἀδελφῆς Παύλου | ho huiòs tês adelphês Paúlou} identifies the subject through a genitive chain that defines him as Paul’s nephew.

Root and etymology

adelphosalpha–delta–epsilon–lambda–phi–omicron–sigma

sibling, one from the same womb

In contextActs 23:16

But when the son of Paul's sister heard of the ambush , having arrived and having entered into the barracks, he reported it to Paul.

About this coordinate

Acts 23:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 23:16, 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.23.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.16.W2.S1) and character.