Acts 27:21:23Acts.27.21.W23TAB
Κρήτης
krêtês
“Crete”
- Transliteration
- KRÊ-tês
- Extended
- KRÊ-têhs
- IPA
- /ˈkrɛː.tɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- Crete
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
KRÊ-tês
- sentence
pol-LÊS te a-si-TI-as hy-par-KHOU-sês TO-te sta-THEIS ho PAU-los en ME-sō au-TÔN EI-pen E-dei men ô AN-dres pei-thar-KHÊ-san-TAS moi mê a-NA-ges-thai a-PO tês KRÊ-tês ker-DÊ-sai te tēn HY-brin TAU-tēn kai tēn dzê-MI-an
In context — Acts 27:21
After a great lack of food had set in, Paul stood in their midst and said, “Men, you ought to have obeyed me by not setting sail from Crete, so that you would have avoided this injury and this loss .”
About this coordinate
Acts 27:21:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Acts 27:21, so the Greek word Κρήτης (krêtês) 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.27.21.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.21.W23.S1) and character.