Acts 16:5:12Acts.16.5.W12TAB

καθʼ

kath

each

Transliteration
kath
Extended
kahth
IPA
/kath/

Meaning by language

English
each

Alphabet Analysis

Kappak — as in kite
Alphaah — as in father
Thetath — as in thin

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Diphthongs
Accents & breathings
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Word in context

  1. word

    kath

  2. sentence

    hai men OUN ek-klē-SI-ai e-ste-re-OUN-to tê PI-stei kai e-pe-RIS-seu-on tô a-rith-MÔ kath hē-ME-ran

Exegesis

The prepositional expression kath hēmeran {καθʼ ἡμέραν | kath hē-me-ran} is a distributive idiom meaning “day by day,” highlighting the regularity of this growth. In English, the imperfects are rendered with progressive language (“were being strengthened,” “kept growing stronger,” “kept rising”) and the distributive idiom with “day by day” or “each day” for natural flow.

In contextActs 16:5

So the churches were being strengthened in the faith , and their number was increasing day by day.

About this coordinate

Acts 16:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 16:5, so the Greek word καθʼ (kath) 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.16.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.5.W12.S1) and character.