Acts 27:42:8Acts.27.42.W8TAB
δεσμώτας
desmôtas
“prisoners”
- Transliteration
- des-MÔ-tas
- Extended
- dehs-MÔH-tahs
- IPA
- /desˈmɔː.tas/
Meaning by language
- English
- prisoners
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
des-MÔ-tas
- sentence
tôn de stra-ti-ô-TÔN bou-LÊ e-GE-ne-to HI-na tous des-MÔ-tas a-pok-TEI-nô-sin MÊ tis ek-kho-lym-BÊ-sas di-a-PHY-gêi
Exegesis
The conjunction hina {ἵνα | hína} ‘in order that’ marks the purpose clause, governing the subjunctive apokteinosin {ἀποκτείνωσιν | apokteínōsin} ‘they might kill’ with the object tous desmotas {τοὺς δεσμώτας | toús desmṓtas} ‘the prisoners’.
Root and etymology
desmosdelta–epsilon–sigma–mu–omicron–sigma
“bond, fetter”
In context — Acts 27:42
The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that none would escape by swimming out .
About this coordinate
Acts 27:42:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 27:42, so the Greek word δεσμώτας (desmôtas) 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.27.42.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.42.W8.S1) and character.