Acts 2:46:1Acts.2.46.W1TAB

καθʼ

kath

day by day

Transliteration
kath
Extended
kahth
IPA
/katʰ/

Meaning by language

English
day by day

Alphabet Analysis

Kappak — as in kite
Alphaah — as in father
Thetath — as in thin

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Diphthongs
Accents & breathings
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Word in context

  1. word

    kath

  2. sentence

    kath hê-ME-ran te pros-kar-te-ROUN-tes ho-mo-thy-ma-DON en tô hi-e-RÔ KLÔN-tes te kat OI-kon AR-ton me-te-LAM-ba-non tro-PHÊS en a-gal-li-A-sei kai a-phe-LO-tê-ti kar-DI-as

Exegesis

The verse opens with the prepositional phrase kath hēmeran {καθʼ ἡμέραν | kath hē-mé-ran} “day by day,” using the distributive force of kata to depict regular, ongoing practice.

In contextActs 2:46

Day by day they were devoting themselves with one accord in the temple , and, breaking bread from house to house, they were sharing food with gladness and sincerity of heart.

About this coordinate

Acts 2:46:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 2:46, so the Greek word καθʼ (kath) 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.2.46.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.46.W1.S1) and character.