Acts 25:14:4Acts.25.14.W4TAB
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
hōs de PLEI-ous hê-ME-ras di-E-tri-bon e-KEI ho PHÊS-tos tôi ba-si-LEI a-NE-the-to ta ka-TA ton PAU-lon LE-gōn a-NÊR TIS es-TIN ka-ta-le-lei-ME-nos hy-PO PHÊ-li-kos DES-mi-os
Exegesis
The verse begins with the temporal clause hos de pleious hemeras dietribon ekei {ὡς δὲ πλείους ἡμέρας διέτριβον ἐκεῖ | hōs dè pleíous hē-mé-ras di-é-tri-bon e-keî} “as they were spending more days there,” where hos links this scene to the preceding narrative and the imperfect dietribon portrays an ongoing stay.
Root and etymology
Rooteta–mu–epsilon–rho–alpha
“day, daylight, appointed time”
In context — Acts 25:14
As they spent many days there, Festus presented the matters concerning Paul to the king, saying, "There is a certain man who has been left a prisoner by Felix."
About this coordinate
Acts 25:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 25:14, 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.25.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.14.W4.S1) and character.