Acts 21:10:3Acts.21.10.W3TAB
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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The word
Word in context
- word
hê-ME-ras
- sentence
e-pi-me-NON-tōn DE hê-ME-ras PLEI-oos ka-TÊL-then tis a-PO tês iou-dai-AS pro-PHÊ-tēs o-NO-ma-ti HA-ga-bos
Exegesis
The verse opens with the genitive absolute epimenonton de hēmeras pleíous {ἐπιμενόντων δὲ ἡμέρας πλείους | epimenóntōn de hēméras pleíous}, where the present active participle plus its accusative object indicates temporal setting (“while we were staying for many days”).
Root and etymology
hēmer-eta–mu–epsilon–rho
“day, daylight”
In context — Acts 21:10
While we were staying there for many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
About this coordinate
Acts 21:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 21:10, 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.21.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.10.W3.S1) and character.