Acts 27:7:11Acts.27.7.W11TAB
Κνίδον
knidon
“Cnidus”
- Transliteration
- KNI-don
- Extended
- KNIH-dohn
- IPA
- /ˈkni.don/
Meaning by language
- English
- Cnidus
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
KNI-don
- 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 phrase kata ten Knidon {κατὰ τὴν Κνίδον | katá tēn Kní-don} uses kata with the accusative for a nautical “off Cnidus.”
In context — Acts 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 27:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 27:7, so the Greek word Κνίδον (knidon) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.7.W11.S1) and character.