Acts 22:6:17Acts.22.6.W17TAB
ἱκανὸν
hikanon
“great”
- Transliteration
- hi-ka-NON
- Extended
- hih-kah-NOHN
- IPA
- /hi.kaˈnon/
Meaning by language
- English
- great
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Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hi-ka-NON
- sentence
e-GE-ne-to DE moi po-reu-o-ME-nō KAI en-GI-zon-ti tê da-mas-KÔ pe-RI me-sēm-BRI-an ek-SAIPH-nēs ek tou ou-ra-NOU pe-ri-a-STRAP-sai PHŌS hi-ka-NON pe-RI e-ME
Exegesis
Its subject is phōs hikanon {φῶς ἱκανὸν | phôs hikanón} “a great light,” with hikanon intensifying the magnitude of the light.
In context — Acts 22:6
But it happened to me, as I was traveling and drawing near to Damascus about noon, that suddenly from heaven a great light flashed around me.
About this coordinate
Acts 22:6:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 22:6, so the Greek word ἱκανὸν (hikanon) 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.22.6.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.6.W17.S1) and character.