Acts 27:30:21Acts.27.30.W21TAB
μελλόντων
mellontōn
“being about”
- Transliteration
- mel-LON-tōn
- Extended
- mehl-LON-tôhn
- IPA
- /melˈlon.tɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- being about
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
mel-LON-tōn
- sentence
tôn de nau-TÔN zê-TOUN-tōn phy-GEIN ek tou ploi-OU KAI kha-la-SAN-tōn tēn SKA-phēn eis tēn THA-las-san pro-PHA-sei hōs ek PRŌ-ï-rēs an-KY-ras mel-LON-tōn ek-TEI-nein
Exegesis
The subordinating conjunction hōs {ὡς | hōs} ‘as if’ introduces a hypothetical clause built on the participle mellóntōn {μελλόντων | mellóntōn} ‘being about’ and its complementary infinitive ekteínein {ἐκτείνειν | ekteínein} ‘to let down.’
In context — Acts 27:30
But the sailors were seeking to flee from the ship; they lowered the boat into the sea under pretense, as if they were about to let down anchors from the bow .
About this coordinate
Acts 27:30:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Acts 27:30, so the Greek word μελλόντων (mellontōn) 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.27.30.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.30.W21.S1) and character.