Acts 2:20:2Acts.2.20.W2TAB
ἥλιος
hêlios
“sun”
- Transliteration
- HÊ-li-os
- Extended
- hê-lih-ohs
- IPA
- /ˈhɛː.li.os/
Meaning by language
- English
- sun
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
HÊ-li-os
- sentence
ho HÊ-li-os me-ta-stra-PHÊ-se-tai eis SKO-tos kai hê se-LÊ-nê eis HAI-ma prin ê el-THEIN hê-ME-ran KY-ree-ou tên me-GA-lên kai e-pi-pha-NÊ
Exegesis
The verse opens with the nominative subject phrase ho hēlios {ὁ ἥλιος | ho hḗ-li-os} ‘the sun,’ followed immediately by the future passive verb metastraphēsetai {μεταστραφήσεται | me-ta-stra-phḗ-se-tai} which presents the cosmic change as something done to the sun, implying divine agency.
Root and etymology
hēlioseta–lambda–iota–omicron–sigma
“sun, radiant body”
In context — Acts 2:20
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and glorious day.
About this coordinate
Acts 2:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 2:20, so the Greek word ἥλιος (hêlios) 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.2.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.20.W2.S1) and character.