Acts 24:11:6Acts.24.11.W6TAB
πλείους
pleious
“more”
- Transliteration
- PLEI-ous
- Extended
- PLEI-oos
- IPA
- /ˈplei.us/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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PLEI-ous
- phraseyour reading level
HO-ti ou PLEI-ous ei-SIN moi hê-ME-rai DO-de-ka aph HÊS a-NE-bên pro-sky-NÊ-sōn eis ie-rou-sa-LÊM
- sentence
dy-na-ME-nou sou e-pi-GNO-nai HO-ti ou PLEI-ous ei-SIN moi hê-ME-rai DO-de-ka aph HÊS a-NE-bên pro-sky-NÊ-sōn eis ie-rou-sa-LÊM
Exegesis
In that clause, ou pleious hemerai dōdeka {οὐ πλείους ἡμέραι δώδεκα | ou plei-ous hē-mé-rai dō-de-ka} serves as the subject-predicate structure, with the comparative pleious qualifying the numeral dōdeka to convey a strict limit.
In context — Acts 24:11
You are able to ascertain that only twelve days have elapsed since I ascended to Jerusalem to worship .
About this coordinate
Acts 24:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 24:11, so the Greek word πλείους (pleious) 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.24.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.24.11.W6.S1) and character.