Acts 28:21:2Acts.28.21.W2TAB

δὲ

de

and

Transliteration
DE
Extended
deh
IPA
/ˈde/

Meaning by language

English
and

Alphabet Analysis

Deltath — as in this
Epsilone — as in met (short)

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Word in context

  1. word

    DE

  2. sentence

    hoi DE pros au-TON EI-pan hê-MEIS OU-te GRAM-ma-ta pe-RI sou e-dek-SA-me-tha a-PO tês i-ou-dai-AS OU-te pa-ra-ge-NO-me-nos tis tôn a-del-PHÔN a-PÊNG-gei-len Ê e-LA-lê-SEN ti pe-RI sou po-nê-RON

Exegesis

The reply begins with the subject–verb unit hoi de eipan {οἱ δὲ εἶπαν | hoí dè eîpan} introducing the Jewish leaders’ statement.

Root and etymology

adelph-alpha–delta–epsilon–lambda–phi

brother

In contextActs 28:21

But they said to him, “We have neither received letters about you from Judea nor has any of the brothers, having arrived, reported or spoken anything evil about you.”

About this coordinate

Acts 28:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 28:21, 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.28.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.21.W2.S1) and character.