Acts 15:36:4Acts.15.36.W4TAB
ἡμέρας
hêmeras
“days”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-ras
- Extended
- hay-MEH-rahs
- IPA
- /hɛːˈme.ras/
Meaning by language
- English
- days
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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 | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
hê-ME-ras
- sentence
me-TA de ti-NAS hê-ME-ras EI-pen pros bar-na-BAN PAU-los e-pi-STRE-psan-tes de e-pi-ske-PSŌ-me-tha tous a-del-PHOUS ka-TA PO-lin PA-san en hais ka-têŋ-GEI-la-men ton LO-gon tou ky-REE-ou pôs E-khou-sin
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal prepositional phrase meta de tinas hēmeras {Μετὰ δὲ τινὰς ἡμέρας | Metà dè tinàs hēméras} indicating a subsequent sequence, with de marking a mild transition.
In context — Acts 15:36
After some days, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord , and see how they are doing .”
About this coordinate
Acts 15:36:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 15:36, so the Greek word ἡμέρας (hêmeras) 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.15.36.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.36.W4.S1) and character.