Acts 2:9:10Acts.2.9.W10TAB
Μεσοποταμίαν
mesopotamian
“Mesopotamia”
- Transliteration
- me-so-po-ta-MI-an
- Extended
- meh-soh-poh-tah-MIH-ahn
- IPA
- /me.so.po.taˈmi.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- Mesopotamia
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-so-po-ta-MI-an
- sentence
PAR-thoi KAI MÊ-doi KAI e-la-MI-tai KAI hoi ka-toi-KOUN-tes tên me-so-po-ta-MI-an i-ou-da-I-an te KAI kap-pa-do-KI-an PON-ton KAI tên a-SI-an
Exegesis
This participle governs a series of accusative place names beginning with the more fully specified tēn Mesopotamian {τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν | tḗn Me-so-po-ta-mí-an}, which is the primary object of the dwelling action.
Root and etymology
mesos + potamosmu–epsilon–sigma–omicron–sigma + pi–omicron–tau–alpha–mu–omicron–sigma
“middle of the rivers”
In context — Acts 2:9
Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those who dwell in Mesopotamia , Judea also and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia.
About this coordinate
Acts 2:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Acts 2:9, so the Greek word Μεσοποταμίαν (mesopotamian) 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.2.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.9.W10.S1) and character.