Acts 27:38:7Acts.27.38.W7TAB

ἐκβαλλόμενοι

ekballomenoi

throwing out

Transliteration
ek-bal-LO-me-noi
Extended
ehk-bahl-LOH-meh-noi
IPA
/ek.balˈlo.me.noi/

Meaning by language

English
throwing out

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Result
ἐκ + βαλ + λό + με + νοι
ek + bal + lo + me + noi
ekballomenoi

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Kappak — as in kite
Betav — as in victory
Alphaah — as in father
Lambdal — as in law
Lambdal — as in law
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Mum — as in mother
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    ek-bal-LO-me-noi

  2. sentence

    ko-re-STHEN-tes de tro-PHÊS e-KOU-phi-zon to PLOI-on ek-bal-LO-me-noi ton SI-ton eis tên THA-las-san

Exegesis

The present middle participle ekballomenoi {ἐκβαλλόμενοι | ek-bal-ló-me-noi} is circumstantial, showing manner (‘by throwing out’).

In contextActs 27:38

And when they had been satisfied with food, they began to lighten the ship by throwing out the wheat into the sea.

About this coordinate

Acts 27:38:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 27:38, so the Greek word ἐκβαλλόμενοι (ekballomenoi) 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.27.38.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.38.W7.S1) and character.