Acts 27:44:4Acts.27.44.W4TAB
οὓς
hous
“whom”
- Transliteration
- hous
- Extended
- hoos
- IPA
- /huːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- whom
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
hous
- sentence
KAI tous loi-POUS hous MEN e-PI sa-NI-sin hous DE e-PI TI-nōn TŌN a-PO tou ploi-OU KAI HOU-tōs e-GE-ne-to PAN-tas di-a-sō-THÊ-nai e-PI tên gên
Exegesis
hous de {οὓς μὲν … οὓς δὲ | hoús mèn … hoús dè} ‘on the one hand … on the other hand’ divides them into two groups.
Each hous {οὓς | hoús} governs a prepositional phrase epi sanisin {ἐπὶ σανίσιν | epì sanísin} ‘on planks’ in the dative, then epi tinôn tôn apó toû ploíou {ἐπὶ τινῶν τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ πλοίου | epì tinôn tôn apó toû ploíou} ‘on some parts of the ship’ in the genitive, illustrating different debris used for flotation.
Root and etymology
anemosalpha–nu–epsilon–mu–omicron–sigma
“wind, breath of air”
In context — Acts 27:44
And the rest did so, some on boards and others on pieces from the ship; and in this way all were saved entirely onto the land.
About this coordinate
Acts 27:44:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 27:44, so the Greek word οὓς (hous) 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.27.44.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.44.W4.S1) and character.