Acts 27:18:3Acts.27.18.W3TAB
χειμαζομένων
kheimadzomenōn
“being storm-tossed”
- Transliteration
- khei-ma-dzo-ME-nōn
- Extended
- kheh-ee-mah-dzoh-MEH-nohn
- IPA
- /kʰei.ma.dzoˈme.nɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- being storm-tossed
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khei-ma-dzo-ME-nōn
- sentence
spho-DRÔS de khei-ma-dzo-ME-nōn hê-MON tê hek-SÊS ek-bo-LÊN e-poi-OUN-to
Exegesis
The genitive absolute-like construction kheimazomenōn hēmōn {χειμαζομένων ἡμῶν | kheimazoménōn hēmōn} ‘as we were being storm-tossed’ sets the background circumstance, with the genitive participle plus genitive pronoun referring to all aboard.
Root and etymology
kheimazōchi–epsilon–iota–mu–alpha–zeta–omega
“to drive with a storm; to be storm-tossed”
In context — Acts 27:18
But as we were being violently storm-tossed , on the next day they began to jettison the cargo .
About this coordinate
Acts 27:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 27:18, so the Greek word χειμαζομένων (kheimadzomenōn) 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.27.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.18.W3.S1) and character.