Acts 19:1:14Acts.19.1.W14TAB
μέρη
merê
“regions”
- Transliteration
- ME-rê
- Extended
- MEH-reh
- IPA
- /ˈme.rɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- regions
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ME-rê
- sentence
e-GHE-ne-to de en tô ton a-pol-LÔ EI-nai en ko-RIN-thô PAU-lon di-el-THON-ta ta a-nô-te-ri-KA ME-rê el-THEIN eis E-phe-son kai heu-REIN ti-NAS ma-thê-TAS
Exegesis
The following sequence Paulon dielthonta ta anōterika merē {Παῦλον διελθόντα τὰ ἀνωτερικὰ μέρη | Paû-lon di-el-thón-ta tà a-nō-te-ri-kà mé-rē} presents Paul as an accusative subject with an aorist participle, indicating action prior to the main infinitival event: he “having passed through the upper regions.”
In context — Acts 19:1
And it happened, while Apollos was in Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper regions, came to Ephesus and found some disciples .
About this coordinate
Acts 19:1:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Acts 19:1, so the Greek word μέρη (merê) 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.19.1.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.1.W14.S1) and character.