Acts 28:14:8Acts.28.14.W8TAB
ἡμέρας
hêmeras
“days”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-ras
- Extended
- hay-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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The word
Word in context
- word
hê-ME-ras
- sentence
hou heu-RON-tes a-del-PHOUS pa-re-KLÊ-thê-men par au-TOIS e-pi-MEI-nai hê-ME-ras hep-TA kai HOU-tôs eis tên RHÔ-mên ÊL-tha-men
Exegesis
The object phrase hēmeras hepta {ἡμέρας ἑπτά | hē-mé-ras hep-tá} “seven days” quantifies the duration of the stay.
Root and etymology
hemeraeta–mu–epsilon–rho–alpha
“day, daylight”
In context — Acts 28:14
Where, having found brothers , we were invited to remain with them for seven days, and thus we came into Rome .
About this coordinate
Acts 28:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 28:14, 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.28.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.14.W8.S1) and character.