Acts 16:6:7Acts.16.6.W7TAB
χώραν
khôran
“region”
- Transliteration
- KHÔ-ran
- Extended
- KHÔH-rahn
- IPA
- /ˈkʰɔː.ran/
Meaning by language
- English
- region
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHÔ-ran
- sentence
di-EEL-thon de tên phry-GI-an kai ga-la-ti-KÊN KHÔ-ran kô-ly-THEN-tes hy-PO tou ha-GI-ou PNEU-ma-tos la-LÊ-sai ton LO-gon en tê a-SI-a
Exegesis
The coordinated accusative phrase tēn Phrygían kai Galatikēn chōran {τὴν Φρυγίαν καὶ Γαλατικὴν χώραν | tēn Phrygí-an kai Ga-la-ti-kḗn chṓ-ran} treats two territories as a single traveled region.
Root and etymology
chṓrchi–omega–rho
“space, land, region”
In context — Acts 16:6
They traveled through Phrygia and the Galatian region, having been prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the word in Asia.
About this coordinate
Acts 16:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 16:6, so the Greek word χώραν (khôran) 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.16.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.6.W7.S1) and character.