Acts 2:41:13Acts.2.41.W13TAB
ἡμέρᾳ
hêmerai
“day”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-rai
- Extended
- hay-MEH-rah(i)
- IPA
- /hɛːˈme.rɑi/
Meaning by language
- English
- day
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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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hê-ME-rai
- sentence
hoi men oun a-po-dek-SA-me-noi ton LO-gon au-TOU e-bap-TI-sthê-san kai pro-se-TE-thê-san en têi hê-ME-rai e-KEI-nêi psy-KHAI hō-sei tris-KHI-li-ai
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase en tē hēmera ekeinē {ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ | en tē̂ hēmérā ekeínē} ‘on that day’ situates these events temporally, highlighting their occurrence as part of a single decisive occasion.
Root and etymology
hēmeraeta–mu–epsilon–rho–alpha
“day”
In context — Acts 2:41
So then those who received his word were baptized, and on that day about three thousand souls were added.
About this coordinate
Acts 2:41:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 2:41, so the Greek word ἡμέρᾳ (hêmerai) 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.2.41.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.41.W13.S1) and character.