Acts 27:16:12Acts.27.16.W12TAB
σκάφης
skaphês
“skiff”
- Transliteration
- SKA-phês
- Extended
- SKAH-phêhs
- IPA
- /ˈska.pʰɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- skiff
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SKA-phês
- 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 context — Acts 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.