Acts 27:7:5Acts.27.7.W5TAB
βραδυπλοοῦντες
bradyploountes
“sailing slowly”
- Transliteration
- bra-dy-plo-OUN-tes
- Extended
- brah-dyoo-ploh-OON-tehs
- IPA
- /bra.dy.ploˈuːn.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- sailing slowly
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bra-dy-plo-OUN-tes
- 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
This is followed by the present participle bradyploountes {βραδυπλοοῦντες | bra-du-plo-ún-tes} ‘sailing slowly’, describing protracted progress.
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 27:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 27:7, so the Greek word βραδυπλοοῦντες (bradyploountes) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.7.W5.S1) and character.