Acts 8:28:8Acts.8.28.W8TAB
ἅρματος
harmatos
“chariot”
- Transliteration
- HAR-ma-tos
- Extended
- HAR-mah-tohs
- IPA
- /ˈhar.ma.tos/
Meaning by language
- English
- chariot
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
HAR-ma-tos
- sentence
AYN te hy-po-STRE-phōn kai ka-THÊ-me-nos e-PI tou HAR-ma-tos au-TOU kai a-ne-GI-nō-sken ton pro-PHÊ-tēn Ê-sa-I-an
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase epi tou harmatos autou {ἐπὶ τοῦ ἅρματος αὐτοῦ | epì tou hármatos autou} specifies location, with epi governing the genitive to indicate position “on” his own chariot.
Root and etymology
harmaalpha with rough breathing–rho–mu–alpha
“chariot, war-cart”
In context — Acts 8:28
And he was returning and sitting upon his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah .
About this coordinate
Acts 8:28:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 8:28, so the Greek word ἅρματος (harmatos) 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.8.28.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.8.28.W8.S1) and character.