Acts 2:1:6Acts.2.1.W6TAB
ἡμέραν
hêmeran
“day”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-ran
- Extended
- hay-MEH-rahn
- IPA
- /hɛːˈme.ran/
Meaning by language
- English
- day
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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
hê-ME-ran
- sentence
KAI en tôi sym-plê-ROUS-thai tên hê-ME-ran tês pen-tê-kos-TÊS Ê-san PAN-tes ho-MOU e-PI to au-TO
Exegesis
The infinitive’s accusative object, tēn hēmeran tēs pentēkostēs {τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς πεντηκοστῆς | tēn hēméran tēs pentēkostês}, specifies the festival day, with pentēkostēs in the genitive marking the date’s identity.
Root and etymology
hēmeraeta–mu–epsilon–rho–alpha
“day”
In context — Acts 2:1
And when the day of Pentecost was being fulfilled, they were all together in the same place.
About this coordinate
Acts 2:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 2:1, so the Greek word ἡμέραν (hêmeran) 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.2.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.1.W6.S1) and character.