Acts 20:7:23Acts.20.7.W23TAB
μέχρι
mekhri
“until”
- Transliteration
- ME-khri
- Extended
- MEH-khrih
- IPA
- /ˈme.kʰri/
Meaning by language
- English
- until
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ME-khri
- 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 aorist verb pareteinen {παρέτεινέν | paréteinen} combined with te and the object ton logon {τὸν λόγον | tón lógon} forms a coordinated clause “and he extended the message,” with the telic prepositional phrase mechri mesonyktiou {μέχρι μεσονυκτίου | méchri mesonyktíou} marking the limit of this activity “until midnight.” In translation, the genitive absolute is rendered as a finite temporal clause, the purpose infinitive remains an English infinitive “to break,” and the aspectual nuance of the imperfect and the aorist is reflected through “was conversing” and “extended/continued,” preserving both the durative and summarizing features of the Greek verbal sequence.
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 20:7:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Acts 20:7, so the Greek word μέχρι (mekhri) 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.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.7.W23.S1) and character.