Acts 20:11:14Acts.20.11.W14TAB
αὐγῆς
augês
“daybreak”
- Transliteration
- au-GÊS
- Extended
- ow-GÊS
- IPA
- /auˈgɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- daybreak
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
au-GÊS
- sentence
a-na-BAS de kai KLA-sas ton AR-ton kai geu-SA-me-nos eph hi-ka-NON te ho-mi-LAY-sas A-khri au-GÊS HOU-tōs ek-SÊL-then
Exegesis
The temporal prepositional phrase achri augēs {ἄχρι αὐγῆς | á-khri au-gḗs} ‘until dawn’ specifies the endpoint of the extended conversation.
In context — Acts 20:11
And when he had gone up and had broken the bread , and had eaten, he spoke for a considerable time , until daybreak; thus he departed.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:11:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Acts 20:11, so the Greek word αὐγῆς (augês) 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.20.11.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.11.W14.S1) and character.