Acts 20:8:5Acts.20.8.W5TAB
ἐν
en
“in”
- Transliteration
- en
- Extended
- ehn
- IPA
- /en/
Meaning by language
- English
- in
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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en
- sentence
Ê-san de lam-PA-des hi-ka-NAI en tôi hy-pe-RÔ-iôi hou Ê-men sy-nêg-ME-noi
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase en to hyperoio {ἐν τῷ ὑπερῴῳ | en tō hu-pe-RO-iō} specifies location, “in the upper room,” with the dative governed by en indicating spatial setting.
Root and etymology
menomu–epsilon–nu–omega
“to remain, stay, wait”
In context — Acts 20:8
Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we had been gathered together .
About this coordinate
Acts 20:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 20:8, so the Greek word ἐν (en) 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.20.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.8.W5.S1) and character.