Acts 7:2:21Acts.7.2.W21TAB
Μεσοποταμίᾳ
mesopotamia
“Mesopotamia”
- Transliteration
- me-so-po-ta-MI-a
- Extended
- meh-soh-poh-tah-MIH-ah
- IPA
- /me.so.po.taˈmi.a/
Meaning by language
- English
- Mesopotamia
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-so-po-ta-MI-a
- 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 participial clause onti en tē Mesopotamia {ὄντι ἐν τῇ Μεσοποταμίᾳ | ónti en tē Mesopotamíā} is a circumstantial participle expressing temporal setting, effectively “when he was in Mesopotamia.”
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 7:2:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Acts 7:2, so the Greek word Μεσοποταμίᾳ (mesopotamia) 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.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.7.2.W21.S1) and character.