Acts 27:40:14Acts.27.40.W14TAB
πηδαλίων
pēdaliōn
“rudders”
- Transliteration
- pē-da-LI-ōn
- Extended
- pay-dah-LEE-ohn
- IPA
- /peː.daˈli.ɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- rudders
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
pē-da-LI-ōn
- sentence
KAI tas AN-ky-ras pe-ri-e-LON-tes EI-ōn eis tēn THA-las-san HA-ma a-NEN-tes tas dzeuk-tē-RI-as tōn pē-da-LI-ōn KAI e-PA-ran-tes ton ar-TE-mo-na tēi pneu-OU-sēi ka-TEI-khon eis ton ai-gi-a-LON
Exegesis
The adverb hama {ἅμα | há-ma} ‘at the same time’ introduces a secondary sequence of participles, anentes {ἀνέντες | a-nén-tes} ‘having loosened’ and eparantes {ἐπάραντες | e-pá-ran-tes} ‘having hoisted’, which together outline coordinated preparations: unfastening zeuktērias tōn pēdalion {ζευκτηρίας τῶν πηδαλίων | zeuk-tē-rí-as tōn pē-da-lí-ōn} ‘fastenings of the rudders’ and raising artemōna {ἀρτέμωνα | ar-té-mō-na} ‘foresail’.
Root and etymology
pēdal-pi–eta–delta–alpha–lambda
“rudder, steering oar”
In context — Acts 27:40
After cutting away the anchors , they left them in the sea; at the same time, having loosened the rudder fastenings and hoisted the foresail to the blowing wind, they made for the beach .
About this coordinate
Acts 27:40:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Acts 27:40, so the Greek word πηδαλίων (pēdaliōn) 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.27.40.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.40.W14.S1) and character.