Acts 27:9:3Acts.27.9.W3TAB
χρόνου
khoronou
“time”
- Transliteration
- KHO-ro-nou
- Extended
- KHOH-ro-noo
- IPA
- /ˈkʰro.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- time
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
KHO-ro-nou
- sentence
hi-ka-NOU de KHO-ro-nou di-a-ge-no-ME-nou kai ON-tos Ê-dê e-pi-spha-LOUS tou PLO-os di-A to kai tên nê-stei-AN Ê-dê pa-re-lê-ly-THE-nai pa-RÊI-nei ho PAU-los
Exegesis
The verse opens with the genitive absolute hikanou chronou diagenomenou {Ἱκανοῦ χρόνου διαγενομένου | hi-ka-noû khró-nou di-a-ge-no-mé-nou} ‘after considerable time had passed’, establishing a temporal framework.
In context — Acts 27:9
After considerable time had passed and the voyage was already becoming dangerous because the Fast had already gone by, Paul began to advise them.
About this coordinate
Acts 27:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 27:9, so the Greek word χρόνου (khoronou) 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.27.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.9.W3.S1) and character.