Acts 28:14:7Acts.28.14.W7TAB
ἐπιμεῖναι
epimeinai
“to remain”
- Transliteration
- e-pi-MEI-nai
- Extended
- eh-pee-MAY-nai
- IPA
- /e.piˈmiː.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to remain
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| 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 | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
e-pi-MEI-nai
- sentence
hou heu-RON-tes a-del-PHOUS pa-re-KLÊ-thê-men par au-TOIS e-pi-MEI-nai hê-ME-ras hep-TA kai HOU-tôs eis tên RHÔ-mên ÊL-tha-men
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase par autois {παρ᾿ αὐτοῖς | par au-toîs} “with them” specifies the hosts as those alongside whom the stay occurs, and the infinitive epimeinai {ἐπιμεῖναι | e-pi-meî-nai} functions as a complementary infinitive to pareklēthēmen, expressing the content of the invitation, “to remain, to stay on.”
Root and etymology
epimenoepsilon–pi–iota–mu–epsilon–nu–omega
“to remain, stay on”
In context — Acts 28:14
Where, having found brothers , we were invited to remain with them for seven days, and thus we came into Rome .
About this coordinate
Acts 28:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 28:14, so the Greek word ἐπιμεῖναι (epimeinai) 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.28.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.14.W7.S1) and character.