Acts 28:3:7Acts.28.3.W7TAB
πλῆθος
plêthos
“a bundle”
- Transliteration
- PLÊ-thos
- Extended
- PLÊH-thohs
- IPA
- /ˈplɛː.tʰos/
Meaning by language
- English
- a bundle
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PLÊ-thos
- 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
The object phrase ti plethos {τι πλῆθος | ti plê-thos} phryganon {φρυγάνων | phry-gá-nōn} uses an accusative noun of measure (“a certain quantity”) modified by a genitive of content (“of sticks”), highlighting the substantial amount of fuel.
Root and etymology
plethospi–lambda–eta–theta–omicron–sigma
“fullness, mass, multitude”
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 28:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 28:3, so the Greek word πλῆθος (plêthos) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.3.W7.S1) and character.