Acts 27:1:17Acts.27.1.W17TAB
δεσμώτας
desmôtas
“prisoners”
- Transliteration
- des-MÔ-tas
- Extended
- dehs-MÔH-tahs
- IPA
- /desˈmɔː.tas/
Meaning by language
- English
- prisoners
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
des-MÔ-tas
- sentence
HÔS de e-KRI-thê tou a-po-PLEIN hê-MAS eis tên i-ta-LI-an pa-re-DI-doun ton te PAU-lon KAI TI-nas he-TE-rous des-MÔ-tas he-ka-ton-TAR-khêi o-NO-ma-ti i-ou-LI-ōi SPEI-rês se-bas-TÊS
Exegesis
Its coordinated objects ton te Paulon kai tinas heterous desmōtas {τόν τε Παῦλον καὶ τινὰς ἑτέρους δεσμώτας} highlight Paul alongside other prisoners.
Root and etymology
desmosdelta–epsilon–sigma–mu–omicron–sigma
“bond, chain”
In context — Acts 27:1
After it had been decided that we were to sail to Italy, they handed Paul and some other prisoners over to a centurion named Julius of the Augustan Cohort .
About this coordinate
Acts 27:1:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 27:1, so the Greek word δεσμώτας (desmôtas) 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.27.1.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.1.W17.S1) and character.