Acts 13:14:18Acts.13.14.W18TAB
ἡμέρᾳ
hêmera
“day”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-ra
- Extended
- hêh-MEH-rah
- IPA
- /hɛːˈme.ra/
Meaning by language
- English
- day
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hê-ME-ra
- sentence
au-TOI de di-el-THON-tes a-PO tês PER-gês pa-re-GHE-non-to eis an-ti-O-khe-an tên pi-si-DI-an kai eis-el-THON-tes eis tên sy-na-gô-GÊN têi hê-ME-ra tôn sab-BA-tôn e-KA-thi-san
Exegesis
The temporal dative phrase têi hēmérāi tōn sabbátōn {τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῶν σαββάτων | têi hē-mé-rāi tôn sab-bá-tōn} 'on the Sabbath day' functions adverbially to set the time.
Root and etymology
hēméraeta–mu–epsilon–rho–alpha
“day, daylight”
In context — Acts 13:14
But they, having traveled from Perga, arrived at Antioch in Pisidia, and having entered into the synagogue on the Sabbath day , they sat down.
About this coordinate
Acts 13:14:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 13:14, so the Greek word ἡμέρᾳ (hêmera) 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.13.14.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.14.W18.S1) and character.