Acts 27:4:9Acts.27.4.W9TAB

ἀνέμους

anemous

winds

Transliteration
a-NE-mous
Extended
ah-NEH-moos
IPA
/aˈne.mus/

Meaning by language

English
winds

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Result
ἀ + νέ + μους
a + ne + mous
anemous

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Mum — as in mother
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-NE-mous

  2. 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

einai {διὰ τὸ… εἶναι | diá tò… eînai} introduces the reason with the substantive infinitive einai ‘to be,’ taking tous anemous {τοὺς ἀνέμους | toùs anémous} ‘the winds’ as its accusative subject and enantious {ἐναντίους | enantíous} ‘contrary’ as the predicate adjective. This renders ‘because the winds were against us,’ preserving the cause-effect relation expressed by dia plus articular infinitive.

Root and etymology

anemosalpha–nu–epsilon–mu–omicron–sigma

wind, breath of air

In contextActs 27:4

From there we set sail, keeping close under Cyprus, because the winds were against us.

About this coordinate

Acts 27:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 27:4, so the Greek word ἀνέμους (anemous) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.4.W9.S1) and character.