Acts 16:33:21Acts.16.33.W21TAB
παραχρῆμα
parakhrêma
“immediately”
- Transliteration
- pa-ra-KHRÊ-ma
- Extended
- pah-rah-KHRÊ-mah
- IPA
- /pa.raˈkʰrɛː.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- immediately
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
pa-ra-KHRÊ-ma
- sentence
KAI pa-ra-la-BON au-TOUS en e-KEI-nêi têi HÔ-ra tês nyk-TOS E-lou-sen a-PO tôn plê-GÔN KAI e-bap-TI-sthê au-TOS KAI hoi au-TOU PAN-tes pa-ra-KHRÊ-ma
Exegesis
In the passive clause ebaptisthē autos kai hoi autou pantes {ἐβαπτίσθη αὐτός καὶ οἱ αὐτοῦ πάντες | e-bap-ti-thē au-tos kai hoi au-toû pan-tes}, “he” and “all his household” receive baptism, and the adverb parachrēma {παραχρῆμα | pa-ra-chrē-ma} emphasizes the immediacy of their response.
Root and etymology
chrēmachrḗma
“that which is used, needed”
In context — Acts 16:33
In that same hour of the night, he took them and washed their wounds , and immediately he and all his household were baptized.
About this coordinate
Acts 16:33:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Acts 16:33, 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.16.33.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.33.W21.S1) and character.