Acts 27:7:2Acts.27.7.W2TAB

ἱκαναῖς

hikanais

many

Transliteration
hi-ka-NAIS
Extended
hih-kah-NAIS
IPA
/hi.kaˈnais/

Meaning by language

English
many

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Result
ἱ + κα + ναῖς
hi + ka + nais
hikanais

Alphabet Analysis

Iotai — as in machine
Kappak — as in kite
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new
Alphaah — as in father
Iotai — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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  1. word

    hi-ka-NAIS

  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.

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 27:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 27:7, so the Greek word ἱκαναῖς (hikanais) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.7.W2.S1) and character.