Acts 16:35:1Acts.16.35.W1TAB
Ἡμέρας
hêmeras
“day”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-ras
- Extended
- hay-MEH-rahs
- IPA
- /hɛːˈme.ras/
Meaning by language
- English
- day
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hê-ME-ras
- sentence
hê-ME-ras de ge-no-ME-nês a-PE-stei-lan hoi stra-tê-GOI tous rhab-DOU-khous LE-gon-tes a-PO-ly-son tous an-THRÔ-pous e-KEI-nous
Exegesis
The verse opens with the genitive absolute hemeras genomenes {Ἡμέρας γενομένης | hēméras genomenḗs} ‘when day had come,’ a circumstantial temporal construction that sets the narrative timeframe.
Root and etymology
hēmereta with rough breathing–mu–epsilon–rho
“day, daylight”
In context — Acts 16:35
When day came, the magistrates sent the lictors, saying, “Release those men .”
About this coordinate
Acts 16:35:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 16:35, so the Greek word Ἡμέρας (hêmeras) 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.16.35.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.35.W1.S1) and character.