Acts 25:15:5Acts.25.15.W5TAB
εἰς
eis
“into”
- Transliteration
- eis
- Extended
- eh-EES
- IPA
- /eis/
Meaning by language
- English
- into
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
- word
eis
- sentence
pe-RI hou ge-no-ME-nou mou eis hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma e-ne-PHA-ni-san hoi ar-khi-e-REIS KAI hoi pres-BY-te-roi tôn i-ou-da-I-ôn ai-TOU-me-noi kat au-TOU ka-ta-DI-kên
Exegesis
The genitive absolute construction genomenou mou eis Hierosolyma {γενομένου μου εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα | genoménou mou eis Hierosólyma} “when I had arrived in Jerusalem” supplies temporal background, indicating that the subsequent events occurred upon the speaker’s arrival.
Root and etymology
archiereusalpha–rho–chi–iota–eta–rho–epsilon–upsilon–sigma
“chief priest, high priest”
In context — Acts 25:15
Concerning whom, when I arrived in Jerusalem , the chief priests and the elders of the Jews made a formal charge, requesting a sentence of condemnation against him.
About this coordinate
Acts 25:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 25:15, 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.25.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.15.W5.S1) and character.