Acts 21:8:3Acts.21.8.W3TAB
ἐπαύριον
epaurion
“next day”
- Transliteration
- e-PAU-ri-on
- Extended
- eh-PAU-ree-oh n
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
e-PAU-ri-on
- sentence
têi de e-PAU-ri-on ek-sel-THON-tes ÊL-tho-men eis kai-SA-rei-an kai eis-el-THON-tes eis ton OI-kon phi-LIP-pou tou eu-an-ge-lis-TOU ON-tos ek tôn hep-TA e-MEI-na-men par au-TÔI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal phrase te de epaurion {τῇ δὲ ἐπαύριον | tē dè epáurion} ‘on the next day,’ which anchors the narrative and uses a dative article with an accusative temporal noun for time.
Root and etymology
aurionaurion
“following day”
In context — Acts 21:8
On the following day we departed and arrived in Caesarea, and upon entering the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven , we stayed with him .
About this coordinate
Acts 21:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 21:8, 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.21.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.8.W3.S1) and character.