Acts 25:1:8Acts.25.1.W8TAB
ἡμέρας
hêmeras
“days”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-ras
- Extended
- hê-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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Word in context
- word
hê-ME-ras
- 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 prepositional phrase meta treis hemeras {μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας | me-tà treîs hē-mé-ras} further specifies the time interval between Festus’s arrival and his next move.
Root and etymology
hemeraeta with rough breathing–mu–epsilon–rho–alpha
“day, daylight period”
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 25:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 25:1, 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.25.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.1.W8.S1) and character.