Acts 27:20:3Acts.27.20.W3TAB
ἡλίου
hêleeou
“sun”
- Transliteration
- hê-LEE-ou
- Extended
- hay-LEE-oo
- IPA
- /hɛːˈliː.uː/
Meaning by language
- English
- sun
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
hê-LEE-ou
- sentence
MEE-te de hê-LEE-ou MEE-te AS-trôn e-pi-phai-NON-tôn e-PEE PLEI-o-nas hê-ME-ras khei-mô-NOS te ouk o-LEE-gou e-pi-kei-ME-nou loi-PON pe-ri-ê-REI-to el-PEES PA-sa tou SÔI-dze-sthai hê-MAS
Exegesis
The verse opens with the correlative negative construction mete de hēliou mete astrōn epiphainontōn {μήτε δὲ ἡλίου μήτε ἄστρων ἐπιφαινόντων | mḗ-te dé hē-lí-ou mḗ-te ás-trōn e-pi-phai-nón-tōn}, where neither…nor coordinates “of sun” and “of stars” under the participle epiphainontōn “appearing.” This genitive participial phrase establishes a scene of prolonged darkness.
In context — Acts 27:20
For many days neither sun nor stars appeared, and no small storm pressed upon us; in the end all hope that we would be saved was taken away.
About this coordinate
Acts 27:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 27:20, so the Greek word ἡλίου (hêleeou) 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.27.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.20.W3.S1) and character.