Acts 27:16:12Acts.27.16.W12TAB

σκάφης

skaphês

skiff

Transliteration
SKA-phês
Extended
SKAH-phêhs
IPA
/ˈska.pʰɛːs/

Meaning by language

English
skiff

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Result
σκά + φης
ska + phês
skaphês

Alphabet Analysis

Sigmas — as in sit
Kappak — as in kite
Alphaah — as in father
Phiph — as in phone (f)
Etai — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    SKA-phês

  2. sentence

    nê-SI-on DE ti hy-po-dra-MON-tes ka-LOU-me-non KAU-da is-KHY-sa-men MO-lis pe-ri-kra-TEIS ge-NES-thai tês SKA-phês

Exegesis

The genitive skaphes {σκάφης | ská-phēs} ‘boat’ identifies the vessel over which control is gained.

Root and etymology

skaphossigma kappa alpha phi omicron sigma

boat, hollow vessel

In contextActs 27:16

And running under a small island called Cauda, we were barely able to gain control of the boat.

About this coordinate

Acts 27:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 27:16, so the Greek word σκάφης (skaphês) 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.27.16.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.16.W12.S1) and character.