Acts 7:20:1Acts.7.20.W1TAB
ἐν
en
“in”
- Transliteration
- en
- Extended
- ehn
- IPA
- /en/
Meaning by language
- English
- in
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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en
- sentence
en hôi kai-RO e-gen-NEE-thê mô-yü-SÊS KAI ÊN a-STEI-os tôi the-Ô hos a-ne-TRÁ-phê MÊ-nas TREIS en tôi OI-kô tou pa-TROS
Exegesis
The verse begins with the temporal prepositional phrase en ho kairō {ἐν ᾧ καιρῷ | en hō kairō} ‘at the time when’, where the preposition en governs the dative relative pronoun ho and the noun kairo, forming a temporal frame for the events that follow.
The final prepositional phrase en tō oikō tou patros {ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρός | en tō oíkō tou patrós} is a dative of location modified by a genitive of possession, specifying that this upbringing occurred within his father’s household. In translation, the temporal phrase is rendered as a natural clause opening, the two relative clauses are reshaped into coordinated clauses for smoother English, and the dative to God is expressed with a direct object preposition to preserve the sense of divine evaluation and favor.
Root and etymology
genosgamma–epsilon–nu–omicron–sigma
“race, family, kind”
In context — Acts 7:20
At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful to God ; he was brought up for three months in his father's house .
About this coordinate
Acts 7:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 7:20, so the Greek word ἐν (en) 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.7.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.7.20.W1.S1) and character.