Acts 28:3:12Acts.28.3.W12TAB
πυράν
pyran
“fire”
- Transliteration
- py-RAN
- Extended
- py-RAHN
- IPA
- /pyˈran/
Meaning by language
- English
- fire
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
py-RAN
- sentence
sy-STRE-psan-tos DE tou PAU-lou phry-GA-nōn ti PLÊ-thos KAI e-pi-THE(n)-tos e-PI tên py-RAN E-khid-na a-PO tês THER-mês ek-sel-THOU-sa ka-THÊ-ps(e) tês khei-ROS au-TOU
Exegesis
A second genitive absolute, epithentos {ἐπιθέντος | e-pi-thén-tos} epi {ἐπὶ | e-pì} ten pyran {τὴν πυράν | tḕn py-rán}, adds a successive action, “when he had put them on the fire,” before the narrative reaches the main clause.
In context — Acts 28:3
But when Paul had gathered a quantity of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out from the heat and fastened itself to his hand .
About this coordinate
Acts 28:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 28:3, so the Greek word πυράν (pyran) 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.28.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.3.W12.S1) and character.