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
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
me-so-NUK-ti-on
- 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 context — Acts 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.