Acts 27:5:3Acts.27.5.W3TAB
πέλαγος
pelagos
“sea”
- Transliteration
- PE-la-gos
- Extended
- PEH-la-gohs
- IPA
- /ˈpe.la.gos/
Meaning by language
- English
- sea
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PE-la-gos
- sentence
TO te PE-la-gos to ka-TA tên ki-li-KI-an KAI pam-phy-LY-an di-a-PLEU-san-tes ka-TÊL-tho-men eis MY-ra tês ly-KI-as
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the articular noun phrase to pelagos {τό πέλαγος | tó pé-la-gos} ‘the sea’, where the enclitic conjunction te {τε | te} ‘and’ connects this clause to the preceding context.
Root and etymology
pelagospi–epsilon–lambda–alpha–gamma–omicron–sigma
“open sea, broad expanse”
In context — Acts 27:5
After we had sailed through the sea along Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came down to Myra in Lycia .
About this coordinate
Acts 27:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 27:5, so the Greek word πέλαγος (pelagos) 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.27.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.5.W3.S1) and character.