Acts 16:26:14Acts.16.26.W14TAB
παραχρῆμα
parakhrêma
“immediately”
- Transliteration
- pa-ra-KHRÊ-ma
- Extended
- pah-rah-KHRÊÊ-mah
- IPA
- /pa.raˈkʰrɛː.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- immediately
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
pa-ra-KHRÊ-ma
- sentence
Aph-nō de seis-MOS e-GE-ne-to ME-gas HŌ-ste sa-leu-THÊ-nai ta the-ME-li-a tou des-mō-tê-RI-ou ê-ne-ÔI-khthê-san de pa-ra-KHRÊ-ma hai THY-rai PA-sai kai PAN-tōn ta des-MA a-NE-thê
Exegesis
A following aorist passive clause ēneōichthēsan {ἠνεῴχθησαν | ē-ne-OICH-thē-san} with the adverb parachrēma {παραχρῆμα | pa-ra-CHRĒ-ma} signals an instantaneous action: hai thyrai pasai {αἱ θύραι πᾶσαι | hai THÝ-rai PÂ-sai} ('all the doors') become the subject of 'were opened'.
Root and etymology
chrēmachrḗma
“that which is used, needed”
In context — Acts 16:26
Suddenly a great earthquake occurred, shaking the foundations of the prison; at once all the doors opened, and everyone's bonds were loosened.
About this coordinate
Acts 16:26:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Acts 16:26, so the Greek word παραχρῆμα (parakhrêma) 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.16.26.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.26.W14.S1) and character.