Acts 28:12:5Acts.28.12.W5TAB
ἐπεμείναμεν
epemeinamen
“we stayed”
- Transliteration
- e-pe-MEI-na-men
- Extended
- eh-peh-MEI-nah-mehn
- IPA
- /e.peˈmiː.na.men/
Meaning by language
- English
- we stayed
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-pe-MEI-na-men
- sentence
kai ka-ta-KHTHEN-tes eis sy-ra-KOU-sas e-pe-MEI-na-men hê-ME-ras TREIS
Exegesis
The main verb epemeinamen {ἐπεμείναμεν | e-pe-meí-na-men} is an aorist active indicative first person plural, narrating the decisive action that followed the landing: the group “stayed on” in that location.
Root and etymology
epimenoepsilon–pi–iota–mu–epsilon–nu–omega
“to remain, stay on, persist”
In context — Acts 28:12
And when we had landed at Syracuse , we stayed there for three days .
About this coordinate
Acts 28:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 28:12, so the Greek word ἐπεμείναμεν (epemeinamen) 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.28.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.12.W5.S1) and character.