Acts 27:10:9Acts.27.10.W9TAB
πολλῆς
pollês
“much”
- Transliteration
- pol-LÊS
- Extended
- pohl-LAYS
- IPA
- /polˈlɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- much
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pol-LÊS
- 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 genitive prepositional phrase meta hybreōs kai pollēs zēmías {μετὰ ὕβρεως καὶ πολλῆς ζημίας | metà hý-breōs kaì pollês zēmías} conveys accompanying circumstances of reckless harm and great damage. The correlative ou monon …
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 27:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 27:10, so the Greek word πολλῆς (pollês) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.10.W9.S1) and character.