Acts 20:6:8Acts.20.6.W8TAB

ἀζύμων

azymôn

Unleavened Bread

Transliteration
a-ZY-môn
Extended
ah-ZY-mohn
IPA
/aˈzy.mɔːn/

Meaning by language

English
Unleavened Bread

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Result
ἀ + ζύ + μων
a + zy + môn
azymôn

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Zetaz — as in daze
Upsiloni — as in machine
Mum — as in mother
Omegao — same as omicron
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-ZY-môn

  2. 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.

Root and etymology

azymosalpha–zeta–upsilon–mu–omicron–sigma

unleavened, without yeast

In contextActs 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 20:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 20:6, so the Greek word ἀζύμων (azymôn) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.6.W8.S1) and character.