Acts 28:6:2Acts.28.6.W2TAB
δὲ
de
“but”
- Transliteration
- de
- Extended
- deh
- IPA
- /de/
Meaning by language
- English
- but
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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hoi de pros-do-KON au-TON MEL-lein PIM-pras-thai ê ka-ta-PIP-tein AF-nô ne-KRON e-PI pol-LÊN de au-TÔN pros-do-KON-ton KAI the-ô-ROU-ntôn mê-DEN A-to-pon eis au-TON gi-NO-me-non
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hoi de pros-do-KON au-TON MEL-lein PIM-pras-thai ê ka-ta-PIP-tein AF-nô ne-KRON e-PI pol-LÊN de au-TÔN pros-do-KON-ton KAI the-ô-ROU-ntôn mê-DEN A-to-pon eis au-TON gi-NO-me-non me-ta-ba-LO-me-noi E-le-gon au-TON EI-nai the-ON
Exegesis
The sentence begins with the subject marked by the article and conjunction, hoi de {οἱ δὲ | hoí dé} ‘but they,’ followed by the imperfect verb prosedokōn {προσεδόκων | prose-dó-kōn} ‘they were expecting,’ which portrays continuous, prolonged anticipation.
The prepositional phrase epi pollēn de autōn prosdokian {ἐπὶ πολλὴν δὲ αὐτῶν προσδοκίαν | epì pol-lḕn de autôn pros-do-kí-an} literally ‘upon much expectation of them’ functions temporally, indicating that a long interval of waiting has passed.
Root and etymology
dechomaidelta–epsilon–chi–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to receive, accept”
In context — Acts 28:6
But they were expecting him to be about to swell up, or suddenly to fall down dead; and after a long expectation from them, as they were observing nothing unusual happening to him, having changed, they were saying that he was a god .
About this coordinate
Acts 28:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 28:6, so the Greek word δὲ (de) 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.28.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.6.W2.S1) and character.