Acts 16:5:13Acts.16.5.W13TAB
ἡμέραν
hēmeran
“day”
- Transliteration
- hē-ME-ran
- Extended
- hay-MEH-rahn
- IPA
- /hɛːˈme.ran/
Meaning by language
- English
- day
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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 | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hē-ME-ran
- 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.
Root and etymology
hēmereta with rough breathing–mu–epsilon–rho
“day, daylight”
In context — Acts 16:5
So the churches were being strengthened in the faith , and their number was increasing day by day.
About this coordinate
Acts 16:5:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 16:5, so the Greek word ἡμέραν (hēmeran) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.5.W13.S1) and character.