Acts 27:16:8Acts.27.16.W8TAB
μόλις
molis
“with difficulty”
- Transliteration
- MO-lis
- Extended
- MOH-lihs
- IPA
- /ˈmo.lis/
Meaning by language
- English
- with difficulty
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
MO-lis
- 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 main verb ischysamen {ἰσχύσαμεν | is-CHÝ-sa-men} ‘we managed’ is intensified by molis {μόλις | MÓ-lis} ‘with difficulty’ to convey the struggle.
Root and etymology
molosmu–omicron–lambda–omicron–sigma
“toil, struggle”
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 27:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 27:16, so the Greek word μόλις (molis) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.16.W8.S1) and character.