Acts 27:8:1Acts.27.8.W1TAB
μόλις
molis
“barely”
- Transliteration
- MO-lis
- Extended
- MOH-lihs
- IPA
- /ˈmo.lis/
Meaning by language
- English
- barely
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
MO-lis
- sentence
MO-lis te pa-ra-le-GO-me-noi au-TÊN ÊL-tho-men eis TO-pon ti-NA ka-LOU-me-non ka-LOUS li-ME-nas hôi en-GYS ÊN PO-lis la-sa-I-a
Exegesis
The opening adverb molis {μόλις | mó-lis} ‘with difficulty’ sets a tone of strenuous effort, linked by the enclitic conjunction te {τε | te} to ongoing narrative.
Root and etymology
molosmu–omicron–lambda–omicron–sigma
“toil, struggle”
In context — Acts 27:8
Passing it with difficulty , we reached a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.
About this coordinate
Acts 27:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 27:8, so the Greek word μόλις (molis) 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.27.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.8.W1.S1) and character.