Acts 27:30:3Acts.27.30.W3TAB
ναυτῶν
nautôn
“sailors”
- Transliteration
- nau-TÔN
- Extended
- nau-TÔHN
- IPA
- /nauˈtɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- sailors
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Alphabet Analysis
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
nau-TÔN
- 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 clause opens with a genitive absolute formed by nautōn {ναυτῶν | nautôn} ‘sailors’ and two participles, zētountōn {ζητούντων | zētountōn} ‘seeking’ (present, ongoing action) and khalasántōn {χαλασάντων | khalasántōn} ‘having lowered’ (aorist, completed action), supplying circumstantial background.
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 27:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 27:30, so the Greek word ναυτῶν (nautôn) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.30.W3.S1) and character.