Acts 9:39:11Acts.9.39.W11TAB
ὑπερῷον
hyperohon
“upper room”
- Transliteration
- hy-pe-ROH-on
- Extended
- hyh-peh-ROH-ohn
- IPA
- /hy.peˈrɔː.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- upper room
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Alphabet Analysis
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
hy-pe-ROH-on
- sentence
a-na-STAS de PE-tros sy-NEEL-then au-TOIS hon pa-ra-ge-NO-me-non a-NAY-ga-gon eis to hy-pe-ROH-on kai pa-RE-stê-san au-TOI PA-sai hai KHÊ-rai KLAI-ou-sai kai e-pi-deik-NY-me-nai khi-TÔ-nas kai hi-MA-ti-a HO-sa e-POI-ei met au-TÔN OU-sa hê dor-KAS
Exegesis
The verb anegagon {ἀνήγαγον | a-nē-ga-gon} ‘they brought up’ shifts agency to the local believers who usher Peter eis to hyperōon {εἰς τὸ ὑπερῷον | eis tó hy-pe-rô-on} ‘into the upper room.’
In context — Acts 9:39
Then Peter rose and accompanied them. Upon his arrival, they led him into the upper room, where all the widows stood by him weeping and showing the tunics and garments that Dorcas had been making while she was with them.
About this coordinate
Acts 9:39:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 9:39, so the Greek word ὑπερῷον (hyperohon) 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.9.39.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.9.39.W11.S1) and character.