Acts 22:17:12Acts.22.17.W12TAB
ἱερῷ
hierôi
“temple”
- Transliteration
- hi-e-RÔI
- Extended
- hih-eh-ROH-ee
- IPA
- /hi.eˈrɔːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- temple
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Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
hi-e-RÔI
- sentence
e-GHE-ne-to DE moi hy-po-STRE-psan-ti eis i-e-rou-sa-LÊM KAI pro-seu-kho-ME-nou mou en tôi hi-e-RÔI ge-NES-thai me en ek-STA-sei
Exegesis
This is refined by the locative phrase en tō hierō {ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ | en tō hie-rō} “in the temple,” focusing the scene within the sacred precincts.
In context — Acts 22:17
Now it happened to me, after I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I came to be in a trance .
About this coordinate
Acts 22:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 22:17, so the Greek word ἱερῷ (hierôi) 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.22.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.17.W12.S1) and character.