Acts 27:15:11Acts.27.15.W11TAB
ἐπιδόντες
epidontes
“having yielded”
- Transliteration
- e-pi-DON-tes
- Extended
- eh-pee-DON-tehs
- IPA
- /e.piˈdon.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having yielded
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
e-pi-DON-tes
- sentence
sy-nar-pa-STHEN-tos de tou ploi-OU kai mê dy-na-ME-nou an-toph-thal-MEIN tôi a-NE-mô e-pi-DON-tes e-phe-RO-me-tha
Exegesis
The main clause begins with the nominative participle epidontes {ἐπιδόντες | e-pi-dón-tes}, indicating a deliberate action—yielding control—by the sailors, leading into the imperfect passive epherometha {ἐφερόμεθα | e-phe-ró-me-tha}, which portrays ongoing passive drifting, emphasizing their complete lack of agency under the wind’s power. In translation, the genitive absolute and participial series are rendered as finite clauses to preserve the causal and temporal progression from being seized, to inability, to intentional yielding, and finally to passive drifting.
In context — Acts 27:15
When the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way and were carried along.
About this coordinate
Acts 27:15:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 27:15, so the Greek word ἐπιδόντες (epidontes) 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.27.15.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.15.W11.S1) and character.