Acts 17:21:11Acts.17.21.W11TAB
ηὐκαίρουν
êukairoun
“were spending time”
- Transliteration
- ê-u-KAI-roun
- Extended
- ê-u-KAI-roo(n)
- IPA
- /ɛːuˈkai.roun/
Meaning by language
- English
- were spending time
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ê-u-KAI-roun
- sentence
a-thê-NAI-oi DE PAN-tes KAI hoi e-pi-dê-MOUN-tes KSE-noi eis ou-DEN HE-te-ron ê-u-KAI-roun ê LE-gein ti ê a-KOU-ein ti kai-NO-te-ron
Exegesis
The imperfect eukairoun {ηὐκαίρουν | ēu-kai-roun} portrays a continual or habitual practice rather than a single event.
In context — Acts 17:21
But all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there were spending their time on nothing else except to tell something or to hear something newer.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:21:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 17:21, so the Greek word ηὐκαίρουν (êukairoun) 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.17.21.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.21.W11.S1) and character.