Acts 28:21:6Acts.28.21.W6TAB
Ἡμεῖς
hêmeis
“we”
- Transliteration
- hê-MEIS
- Extended
- hay-MEIS
- IPA
- /hɛːˈmeːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- we
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
hê-MEIS
- 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 pronoun hemeis {Ἡμεῖς | hēmeîs} “we” emphasizes their perspective.
In context — Acts 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 28:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 28:21, so the Greek word Ἡμεῖς (hêmeis) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.21.W6.S1) and character.