Acts 27:14:3Acts.27.14.W3TAB
πολὺ
poly
“much”
- Transliteration
- po-LY
- Extended
- poh-LY
- IPA
- /poˈly/
Meaning by language
- English
- much
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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po-LY
- sentence
met ou po-LY de E-ba-len kat au-TÊS A-ne-mos ty-phō-ni-KOS ho ka-LOU-me-nos eu-ra-KY-lōn
Exegesis
The temporal phrase met’ ou polý {μετ’ οὐ πολὺ | met’ ou polý} ‘after not much time’ accents the swift transition from calm to crisis.
In context — Acts 27:14
But after a short time, a violent wind called Eurakylon came down upon it.
About this coordinate
Acts 27:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 27:14, so the Greek word πολὺ (poly) 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.27.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.14.W3.S1) and character.