Acts 27:19:4Acts.27.19.W4TAB
αὐτόχειρες
autokheires
“with {their} own hands”
- Transliteration
- au-TO-khei-res
- Extended
- au-TOH-khei-rehs
- IPA
- /auˈto.kʰei.res/
Meaning by language
- English
- with {their} own hands
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
au-TO-khei-res
- sentence
kai tê TRI-tê au-TO-khei-res tēn skeu-ÊN tou ploi-OU E-rri-psan
Exegesis
The substantive adjective autocheires {αὐτόχειρες | autókheires}, placed before the verb, focalizes the sailors’ personal agency.
Root and etymology
cheirchi–epsilon–iota–rho
“hand, manual action”
In context — Acts 27:19
On the third day, they discarded the ship’s equipment into the sea with their own hands.
About this coordinate
Acts 27:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 27:19, so the Greek word αὐτόχειρες (autokheires) 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.27.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.19.W4.S1) and character.