Acts 28:17:33Acts.28.17.W33TAB
ἐξ
eks
“from”
- Transliteration
- eks
- Extended
- ehks
- IPA
- /eks/
Meaning by language
- English
- from
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) |
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Word in context
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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 nominative predicate desmios {δέσμιος | désmios} placed before the passive verb paredothēn {παρεδόθην | paredóthēn} in desmios ex Hierosolymōn paredothēn {δέσμιος ἐξ Ἱεροσολύμων παρεδόθην | désmios ex Hierosolýmōn paredóthēn} underscores Paul’s status “as a prisoner” while the passive voice highlights that others were responsible for his transfer.
Root and etymology
dechomaidelta–epsilon–chi–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to receive, accept”
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 28:17:33 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 33 of Acts 28:17, so the Greek word ἐξ (eks) 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.W33, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.17.W33.S1) and character.