Acts 20:6:23Acts.20.6.W23TAB
ἡμέρας
hêmeras
“days”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-ras
- Extended
- hay-MEH-rahs
- IPA
- /hɛːˈme.ras/
Meaning by language
- English
- days
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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 | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
hê-ME-ras
- sentence
hê-MEIS de ek-se-PLEU-sa-men me-TA tas hê-ME-ras tôn a-ZY-môn a-PO phi-LIP-pôn kai ÊL-tho-men pros au-TOUS eis tên trō-A-da A-khri hê-me-RÔN PEN-te hou di-e-TRIP-sa-men hê-ME-ras hep-TA
Exegesis
The temporal prepositional phrase meta tas hēmeras tōn azymōn {μετὰ τὰς ἡμέρας τῶν ἀζύμων | metá tàs hē-mé-ras tōn a-zý-mōn} ‘after the days of Unleavened Bread’ sets the time frame using an accusative of time within which, with the genitive tōn azymōn specifying the particular festival period.
The object hēmeras hepta {ἡμέρας ἑπτά | hē-mé-ras hep-tá} ‘seven days’ provides a second temporal specification, this time as an accusative of duration. The Greek maintains a tight chronological flow—departure, journey duration, arrival, and length of stay—which is preserved in English by structuring the sentence around clear time markers and sequential verbs.
In context — Acts 20:6
But we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread , and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed seven days.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:6:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Acts 20:6, so the Greek word ἡμέρας (hêmeras) 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.20.6.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.6.W23.S1) and character.