Acts 27:44:7Acts.27.44.W7TAB

σανίσιν

sanisin

planks

Transliteration
sa-NI-sin
Extended
sah-NEE-sin
IPA
/saˈni.sin/

Meaning by language

English
planks

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Result
σα + νί + σιν
sa + ni + sin
sanisin

Alphabet Analysis

Sigmas — as in sit
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new
Iotai — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Iotai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    sa-NI-sin

  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

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

saníssanís

board, plank

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 27:44:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 27:44, so the Greek word σανίσιν (sanisin) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.44.W7.S1) and character.