Acts 27:43:5Acts.27.43.W5TAB
διασῶσαι
diasôsai
“to save”
- Transliteration
- di-a-SÔ-sai
- Extended
- dih-ah-SOH-sai
- IPA
- /di.aˈsoː.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to save
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
di-a-SÔ-sai
- sentence
ho DE he-ka-ton-TAR-khēs bou-LO-me-nos di-a-SÔ-sai ton PAU-lon e-KÔ-ly-sen au-TOUS tou bou-LÊ-ma-tos e-KE-leu-SEN te tous dy-na-ME-nous ko-lym-BÂN a-po-RI-psan-tas PRÔ-tous e-PI tēn gēn ek-si-E-nai
Exegesis
The participial clause boulomenos diasosai ton Paulon {βουλόμενος διασῶσαι τὸν Παῦλον | boulómenos diasôsai tón Paûlon} combines a present middle participle of desire with an aorist infinitive of purpose.
In context — Acts 27:43
But the centurion , intent on rescuing Paul, stopped their plan and ordered those able to swim to cast themselves into the water first and reach the shore .
About this coordinate
Acts 27:43:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 27:43, so the Greek word διασῶσαι (diasôsai) 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.27.43.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.43.W5.S1) and character.