Acts 7:2:16Acts.7.2.W16TAB
ἡμῶν
hêmon
“our”
- Transliteration
- hê-MON
- Academic
- hēmōn
- Extended
- hê-MOHN
- IPA
- /hɛːˈmɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- our
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hê-MON
- sentence
ho de E-phê AN-dres a-del-PHOI kai pa-TE-res a-KOU-sa-te ho the-OS tês DOX-ksēs ŌPH-thê tôi pa-TRI hê-MON a-bra-AM ON-ti en têi me-so-po-ta-MI-a prin ê ka-toi-KÊ-sai au-TON en khar-RAN
Exegesis
The dative phrase tō patri hēmōn Abraam {τῷ πατρὶ ἡμῶν Ἀβραὰμ | tôi patrì hēmōn Abraàm} uses “our father” in the collective ancestral sense, aligning speaker and audience within Abraham’s lineage.
In context — Acts 7:2
But he said, “Men, brothers, and fathers, listen! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia , before he lived in Haran.”
About this coordinate
Acts 7:2:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 7:2, so the Greek word ἡμῶν (hêmon) 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.7.2.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.7.2.W16.S1) and character.