Acts 28:7:4Acts.28.7.W4TAB
περὶ
peri
“around”
- Transliteration
- pe-RI
- Extended
- peh-RIH
- IPA
- /peˈri/
Meaning by language
- English
- around
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pe-RI
- sentence
en de tois pe-RI ton TO-pon e-KEI-non hy-PĒR-khen khō-RI-a tôi PRŌ-tôi tês NÊ-sou o-NO-ma-ti po-PLÎ-ôi hos a-na-dek-SA-me-nos hê-MAS TREIS hê-ME-ras phi-LO-phro-nōs ek-SE-ni-sen
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prepositional phrase en de tois peri ton topon ekeinon {Ἐν δὲ τοῖς περὶ τὸν τόπον ἐκεῖνον | En dè toîs perì tón tópon ekeînon} “now in the areas around that place,” which links this scene spatially to the shipwreck location.
Root and etymology
periaireōpi–epsilon–rho–iota–alpha–iota–rho–epsilon–omega
“to take away around, to remove by encircling”
In context — Acts 28:7
Now in the areas surrounding that place there were estates belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us and hosted us kindly for three days.
About this coordinate
Acts 28:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 28:7, so the Greek word περὶ (peri) 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.28.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.7.W4.S1) and character.