Acts 27:7:1Acts.27.7.W1TAB

ἐν

en

in

Transliteration
en
Extended
ehn
IPA
/en/

Meaning by language

English
in

Alphabet Analysis

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    en

  2. sentence

    en hi-ka-NAIS de hê-ME-rais bra-dy-plo-OUN-tes kai MO-lis ge-NO-me-noi ka-TA tên KNI-don mê pro-se-ON-tos hê-MAS tou a-NE-mou hy-pe-PLEU-sa-men tên KRÊ-tên ka-TA sal-MÔ-nên

Exegesis

The verse begins with the circumstantial prepositional phrase en hikanais hemerais {ἐν ἱκαναῖς ἡμέραις | en hi-ka-naîs hē-mé-rais} ‘after many days’, establishing a temporal frame.

Root and etymology

enantiosepsilon–nu–alpha–nu–tau–iota–omicron–sigma

opposite, hostile

In contextActs 27:7

After many days of slow progress and with difficulty arriving off Cnidus, since the wind would not permit us, we sailed under the shelter of Crete near Salmone .

About this coordinate

Acts 27:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 27:7, so the Greek word ἐν (en) 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.27.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.7.W1.S1) and character.