Acts 13:25:6Acts.13.25.W6TAB
δρόμον
dromon
“course”
- Transliteration
- DRO-mon
- Extended
- DROH-mon
- IPA
- /ˈdro.mon/
Meaning by language
- English
- course
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
DRO-mon
- sentence
hôs de e-PLÊ-rou i-ô-AN-nēs ton DRO-mon E-le-gen TEE e-ME hy-po-no-EI-te EI-nai ouk ei-MI e-GÔ al i-DOU ER-khe-tai met e-ME hou ouk ei-MI AX-i-os to hy-PO-dē-ma tôn po-DÔN LY-sai
Exegesis
The subject Ioannes {Ἰωάννης | Iō-án-nēs} is followed by the object phrase ton dromon {τὸν δρόμον | tón dró-mon}, using the metaphor of a “course” or “race” for his assigned ministry path.
In context — Acts 13:25
And as John was completing his course , he was saying, “What do you suppose me to be? I am not he, but behold, One is coming after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loosen.”
About this coordinate
Acts 13:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 13:25, so the Greek word δρόμον (dromon) 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.13.25.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.25.W6.S1) and character.