Acts 16:25:4Acts.16.25.W4TAB

μεσονύκτιον

mesonuktion

midnight

Transliteration
me-so-NUK-ti-on
Extended
meh-soh-NUHK-ti-on
IPA
/me.soˈnyk.ti.on/

Meaning by language

English
midnight

Greek · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
με + σο + νύκ + τι + ον
me + so + nuk + ti + on
mesonuktion

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Sigmas — as in sit
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new
Upsiloni — as in machine
Kappak — as in kite
Taut — as in top
Iotai — as in machine
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-so-NUK-ti-on

  2. sentence

    ka-TA de to me-so-NUK-ti-on PAU-los KAI si-LAS pro-seu-KHO-me-noi HUM-noun ton the-ON e-pê-kro-ÔN-to de au-TÔN hoi DES-mi-oi

Exegesis

kata to mesonyktion {Κατὰ τὸ μεσονύκτιον | katà tò mesonýktion} ‘at midnight’ opens the verse with a temporal accusative.

In contextActs 16:25

At midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God , and the prisoners were listening attentively to them.

About this coordinate

Acts 16:25:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 16:25, so the Greek word μεσονύκτιον (mesonuktion) 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.16.25.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.25.W4.S1) and character.