Acts 27:10:23Acts.27.10.W23TAB
μέλλειν
mellein
“to be about”
- Transliteration
- MEL-lein
- Extended
- MEHL-leen
- IPA
- /ˈmel.lein/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be about
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
MEL-lein
- sentence
LE-gōn au-TOIS AN-dres the-ō-RO HO-ti me-TA HY-bre-ōs KAI pol-LÊS dzē-MI-as ou MO-non tou phor-TI-ou KAI tou ploi-ou al-LA KAI tōn psy-KHŌN hê-MON MEL-lein E-ses-thai ton ploûn
Exegesis
The infinitival sequence mellein esesthai ton ploun {μέλλειν ἔσεσθαι τὸν πλοῦν | mél-lein é-ses-thai tón ploûn} serves as the content of the perception verb, rendered as finite future constructions to convey imminent outcome in English.
In context — Acts 27:10
He said to them, “Men, I perceive that the voyage is going to involve hardship and great loss—not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives .”
About this coordinate
Acts 27:10:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Acts 27:10, so the Greek word μέλλειν (mellein) 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.27.10.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.10.W23.S1) and character.