Acts 20:7:18Acts.20.7.W18TAB
ἐπαύριον
epaurion
“next day”
- Transliteration
- e-PAU-ri-on
- Extended
- eh-PAU-ri-ohn
- IPA
- /eˈpau.ri.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- next day
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
e-PAU-ri-on
- sentence
en de tê mi-AI tôn sab-BA-tōn sy-nêg-ME-nōn hê-MON KLA-sai AR-ton ho PAU-los di-e-LE-ge-to au-TOIS MEL-lōn ek-si-E-nai tê e-PAU-ri-on pa-RE-tei-nen te ton LO-gon ME-khri me-so-nyk-TI-ou
Exegesis
The participial clause mellōn exienai tē epaurion {μέλλων ἐξιέναι τῇ ἐπαύριον | méllōn exiénai tē epaúrion} is circumstantial, giving the reason or occasion for the prolonged discourse: Paul was intending to depart on the following day.
In context — Acts 20:7
And on the first day of the week, when we had gathered together to break bread , Paul was conversing with them, since he was about to depart on the next day, and he extended the message until midnight.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:7:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 20:7, so the Greek word ἐπαύριον (epaurion) 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.20.7.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.7.W18.S1) and character.