Acts 28:4:6Acts.28.4.W6TAB
κρεμάμενον
kremamenon
“hanging”
- Transliteration
- kre-MA-me-non
- Extended
- kreh-MA-meh-nohn
- IPA
- /kreˈma.me.non/
Meaning by language
- English
- hanging
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
kre-MA-me-non
- sentence
hôs de EI-don hoi BAR-ba-roi kre-MA-me-non to thê-RI-on ek tês khei-ROS au-TOU pros al-LÊ-lous E-le-gon PAN-tôs pho-NEUS es-TIN ho AN-thrô-pos HOU-tos hon di-a-sô-THEN-ta ek tês tha-LAS-sês hê DI-kê zên ouk EI-a-sen
Exegesis
The participle kremamenon {κρεμάμενον | kre-má-me-non} ‘hanging’ modifies the object to therion {τὸ θηρίον | to thē-rí-on} ‘the creature’, creating a striking image of the animal attached to the man’s hand.
In context — Acts 28:4
But when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer; though he has been saved from the sea , Justice has not allowed him to live.”
About this coordinate
Acts 28:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 28:4, so the Greek word κρεμάμενον (kremamenon) 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.28.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.4.W6.S1) and character.