Acts 9:43:5Acts.9.43.W5TAB
μεῖναι
meinai
“to stay”
- Transliteration
- MEI-nai
- Extended
- may-NAI
- IPA
- /ˈmei.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to stay
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
MEI-nai
- sentence
e-GE-ne-to de hê-ME-ras hi-ka-NAS MEI-nai en i-OP-pê pa-RA TI-ni SI-mō-ni byr-SEI
Exegesis
The infinitive meinai {μεῖναι | meînai} “to stay” forms an infinitival clause specifying the outcome of the event.
In context — Acts 9:43
And it happened that he stayed many days in Joppa with a certain Simon, a tanner .
About this coordinate
Acts 9:43:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 9:43, so the Greek word μεῖναι (meinai) 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.9.43.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.9.43.W5.S1) and character.