Acts 27:8:2Acts.27.8.W2TAB

τε

te

and

Transliteration
te
Extended
teh
IPA
/te/

Meaning by language

English
and

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Epsilone — as in met (short)

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Word in context

  1. word

    te

  2. 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

anagoalpha–nu–alpha–gamma–omega

to lead up, to put to sea

In contextActs 27:8

Passing it with difficulty , we reached a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

About this coordinate

Acts 27:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 27:8, so the Greek word τε (te) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.8.W2.S1) and character.