Acts 25:1:5Acts.25.1.W5TAB
ἐπαρχείᾳ
eparkheia
“province”
- Transliteration
- e-par-KHEI-a
- Extended
- eh-pahr-KHEE-ah
- IPA
- /e.parˈkʰi.a/
Meaning by language
- English
- province
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
e-par-KHEI-a
- sentence
PHÊS-tos OUN e-pi-BAS têi e-par-KHEI-a me-TA TREIS hê-ME-ras a-NE-bê eis hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma a-PO kai-sa-REI-as
Exegesis
The participial phrase epibas tē eparcheia {ἐπιβὰς τῇ ἐπαρχείᾳ | e-pi-bàs tē e-par-kheí-a} is adverbial and temporal, best understood as “after he had arrived in the province,” describing a completed action that sets the scene for the main event.
In context — Acts 25:1
Festus , therefore, when he had arrived in the province , after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
About this coordinate
Acts 25:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 25:1, so the Greek word ἐπαρχείᾳ (eparkheia) 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.25.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.1.W5.S1) and character.