Acts 28:30:3Acts.28.30.W3TAB
διετίαν
dieteean
“two years”
- Transliteration
- di-e-TEE-an
- Extended
- dih-eh-TEE-ahn
- IPA
- /di.eˈti.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- two years
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
di-e-TEE-an
- sentence
e-NE-mei-nen de di-e-TEE-an HO-lên en i-DEE-ō mis-THŌ-ma-ti kai a-pe-DE-khe-to PAN-tas tous eis-po-reu-o-ME-nous pros au-TON
Exegesis
The accusative phrase dietian holen {διετίαν ὅλην | die-tí-an hó-lēn} follows the verb and expresses an extent-of-time construction, with the adjective placed after the noun to stress the completeness of the two-year period.
In context — Acts 28:30
And he stayed for two whole years in his own rented house , and was receiving all who came to him.
About this coordinate
Acts 28:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 28:30, so the Greek word διετίαν (dieteean) 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.28.30.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.30.W3.S1) and character.