Acts 27:15:2Acts.27.15.W2TAB

δὲ

de

and

Transliteration
de
Extended
deh
IPA
/de/

Meaning by language

English
and

Alphabet Analysis

Deltath — as in this
Epsilone — as in met (short)

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Word in context

  1. word

    de

  2. 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 verse opens with a genitive absolute construction, synarpasthentos de tou ploiou {συναρπασθέντος δὲ τοῦ πλοίου | sy-nar-pas-thén-tos de tou ploí-ou}, establishing the background circumstance “when the ship was caught.”

Root and etymology

desmosdelta–epsilon–sigma–mu–omicron–sigma

bond, chain

In contextActs 27:15

When the ship was caught and could not face the wind, we gave way and were carried along.

About this coordinate

Acts 27:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 27:15, so the Greek word δὲ (de) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.15.W2.S1) and character.