Acts 28:11:4Acts.28.11.W4TAB

μῆνας

mênas

months

Transliteration
MÊ-nas
Extended
MAY-nahs
IPA
/ˈmɛː.nas/

Meaning by language

English
months

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Result
μῆ + νας
mê + nas
mênas

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new
Alphaah — as in father
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    MÊ-nas

  2. sentence

    me-TA de treis MÊ-nas a-NÊKH-thē-men en PLOI-ō pa-ra-ke-khei-ma-KO-ti en têi NÊ-sō a-lek-san-DRI-nō pa-ra-SÊ-mō di-os-KOU-rois

Exegesis

The accusative duration treis menas {τρεῖς μῆνας | treîs mênas} specifies the length of the stay.

In contextActs 28:11

After three months we set sail in a ship of Alexandria that had wintered on the island, and its figurehead was the Dioscuri.

About this coordinate

Acts 28:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 28:11, so the Greek word μῆνας (mênas) 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.28.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.11.W4.S1) and character.