Acts 16:12:12Acts.16.12.W12TAB
ἦμεν
êmen
“we were”
- Transliteration
- Ê-men
- Extended
- Ê-mehn
- IPA
- /ˈɛː.men/
Meaning by language
- English
- we were
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
Ê-men
- sentence
ka-KEI-then eis phi-LIP-pous HÊ-tis es-TIN PRÔ-tê tês me-RI-dos ma-ke-do-NI-as PO-lis ko-lō-NI-a Ê-men de en TAU-têi têi PO-lei di-a-TRI-bon-tes hê-ME-ras ti-NAS
Exegesis
The conjunction de {δέ | dé} transitions to the travelers’ activity: ēmen en tautē tē pōlei diatribontes hēmeras tinas {ἦμεν ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ πόλει διατρίβοντες ἡμέρας τινάς | ê-men en taú-tē tê pó-lei di-a-trí-bon-tes hē-mé-ras ti-nás}. Here the imperfect ēmen plus the participle diatribontes ‘spending time’ indicates an extended but bounded stay, and the accusative phrase hēmeras tinas conveys an indefinite duration. In translation, the relative clause is preserved to retain its explanatory force, and the participial construction is rendered with finite verb phrases (“went,” “stayed,” “traveled,” “remained”) to achieve natural English while maintaining the temporal nuance of the Greek.
In context — Acts 16:12
From there we went to Philippi , a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a colony. We stayed in this city for some days .
About this coordinate
Acts 16:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 16:12, so the Greek word ἦμεν (êmen) 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.16.12.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.12.W12.S1) and character.