Acts 27:16:9Acts.27.16.W9TAB

περικρατεῖς

perikrateis

to get control

Transliteration
pe-ri-kra-TEIS
Extended
peh-ri-krah-TEIS
IPA
/pe.ri.kraˈteːs/

Meaning by language

English
to get control

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Result
πε + ρι + κρα + τεῖς
pe + ri + kra + teis
perikrateis

Alphabet Analysis

Pip — as in pet
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Rhor — rolled r
Iotai — as in machine
Kappak — as in kite
Rhor — rolled r
Alphaah — as in father
Taut — as in top
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    pe-ri-kra-TEIS

  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 infinitive genesthai {γενέσθαι | ge-NÉS-thai} ‘to become’ combines with perikrateis {περικρατεῖς | pe-ri-kra-TEÎS} ‘in control’, forming the object of ischysamen and indicating mastery.

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 27:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 27:16, so the Greek word περικρατεῖς (perikrateis) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.16.W9.S1) and character.