Acts 25:3:8Acts.25.3.W8TAB

εἰς

eis

to

Transliteration
eis
Extended
eis
IPA
/eis/

Meaning by language

English
to

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    eis

  2. sentence

    ai-TOU-me-noi KHA-rin kat au-TOU HO-pōs me-ta-PEM-psē-tai au-TON eis ie-rou-sa-LÊM e-NÉ-dran poi-OUN-tes a-ne-LEIN au-TON ka-TA tēn ho-DON

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase eis Ierousalem {εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ | eis Ierousalḗm} marks Jerusalem as the destination of this requested transfer.

Root and etymology

archiereusalpha–rho–chi–iota–eta–rho–epsilon–upsilon–sigma

chief priest, high priest

In contextActs 25:3

They were asking a favor against him so that he might send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to kill him along the road .

About this coordinate

Acts 25:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 25:3, 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.25.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.3.W8.S1) and character.