Acts 27:44:5Acts.27.44.W5TAB

μὲν

men

indeed

Transliteration
MEN
Extended
mehn
IPA
/ˈmen/

Meaning by language

English
indeed

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    MEN

  2. 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.

Root and etymology

hupopleoupsilon–pi–omicron–pi–lambda–epsilon–omega

to sail under, sail past

In contextActs 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 27:44:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 27:44, so the Greek word μὲν (men) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.44.W5.S1) and character.