Acts 27:14:5Acts.27.14.W5TAB
ἔβαλεν
ebalen
“it struck”
- Transliteration
- E-ba-len
- Extended
- EH-bah-lehn
- IPA
- /ˈe.ba.len/
Meaning by language
- English
- it struck
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
E-ba-len
- 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 aorist verb é-ba-len {ἔβαλεν | é-ba-len} ‘it threw’ conveys sudden force, with kat’ au-tês {κατ’ αὐτῆς | kat’ au-tês} ‘against it’ foregrounding the ship as object of impact.
In context — Acts 27:14
But after a short time, a violent wind called Eurakylon came down upon it.
About this coordinate
Acts 27:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 27:14, so the Greek word ἔβαλεν (ebalen) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.14.W5.S1) and character.