Acts 21:15:4Acts.21.15.W4TAB
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
me-TA de tas hê-ME-ras TAU-tas e-pi-skeu-a-SA-me-noi a-ne-BAI-no-men eis hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal prepositional phrase meta tas hemeras tautas {Μετὰ τὰς ἡμέρας ταύτας | Me-tà tàs hē-mé-ras taú-tas} ‘after these days,’ where the preposition meta governs the accusative to mark sequence, and the demonstrative tautas specifies a previously mentioned period.
Root and etymology
hemereta with rough breathing–mu–epsilon–rho
“day, daylight period”
In context — Acts 21:15
After these days, having made preparations , we went up to Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
Acts 21:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 21:15, 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.21.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.15.W4.S1) and character.