Acts 27:4:3Acts.27.4.W3TAB
ὑπεπλεύσαμεν
hypepleusamen
“we sailed under”
- Transliteration
- hy-pe-PLEU-sa-men
- Extended
- hyoo-peh-PLEU-sah-mehn
- IPA
- /hy.peˈpleu.sa.men/
Meaning by language
- English
- we sailed under
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hy-pe-PLEU-sa-men
- sentence
ka-KEI-then a-nakh-THEHN-tes hy-pe-PLEU-sa-men tên KY-pron di-A to tous a-NE-mous EI-nai e-nan-TI-ous
Exegesis
The finite verb hupepleusamen {ὑπεπλεύσαμεν | hypepleúsamen} ‘we sailed under’ denotes a nautical maneuver of keeping to the lee side of land.
Root and etymology
hupopleoupsilon–pi–omicron–pi–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to sail under, sail past”
In context — Acts 27:4
From there we set sail, keeping close under Cyprus, because the winds were against us.
About this coordinate
Acts 27:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 27:4, so the Greek word ὑπεπλεύσαμεν (hypepleusamen) 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.27.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.4.W3.S1) and character.