Acts 28:17:14Acts.28.17.W14TAB
δὲ
de
“and”
- Transliteration
- DE
- Extended
- DEH
- IPA
- /de/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
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DE
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E-ge-ne-to DE me-TA hê-ME-ras TREIS syn-ga-LE-sa-sthai au-TON TOUS ON-tas TÔN i-ou-dai-ÔN PRÔ-tous syn-el-THON-tôn DE au-TÔN E-le-gen pros au-TOUS e-GÔ AN-dres a-del-PHOI ou-DEN e-nan-TI-on poi-Ê-sas tôi la-ÔI ê tois E-the-si tois pa-TRÔ-ois DEs-mi-os eks hi-e-ro-so-LY-môn pa-re-DO-thên eis tas KHEI-ras TÔN rhō-mai-ÔN
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative formula egeneto de meta hēmeras treis {Ἐγένετο δὲ μετὰ ἡμέρας τρεῖς | egéneto dè metà hēméras treîs} “it happened after three days,” where the aorist middle egeneto functions as a discourse marker moving the story forward, and the temporal prepositional phrase sets the time frame.
The genitive absolute construction synelthontōn de autōn {συνελθόντων δὲ αὐτῶν | synelthóntōn dè autôn} “when they had come together” supplies background circumstance, shifting from the summoning to the actual gathering.
Root and etymology
desmosdelta–epsilon–sigma–mu–omicron–sigma
“bond, chain”
In context — Acts 28:17
And it happened that, after three days, he called together the chief men of the Jews; and when they had come together, he said to them, "Men, brothers, I have done nothing against the people or the ancestral customs ; yet as a prisoner I was delivered from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans ."
About this coordinate
Acts 28:17:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Acts 28:17, so the Greek word δὲ (de) 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.28.17.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.17.W14.S1) and character.