Luke 17:27:7Luke.17.27.W7TAB
ἡμέρας
hêmeras
“day”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-ras
- Extended
- hêh-MEH-rahs
- IPA
- /hɛːˈme.ras/
Meaning by language
- English
- day
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
hê-ME-ras
- sentence
ÊS-thi-on E-pi-non e-GA-moun e-ga-MI-dzon-to A-khri HÊS hê-ME-ras ei-SÊL-then NÔ-e eis tên ki-bô-TON kai ÊL-then ho ka-ta-klysm-OS kai a-PÔ-le-sen PAN-tas
Exegesis
The temporal limit is expressed by the prepositional-relative construction achri hēs hēmeras {ἄχρι ἧς ἡμέρας | á-chri hēs hē-mé-ras} ‘until which day’, which functions adverbially to mark the point at which the situation changes.
Root and etymology
Rooteta–mu–epsilon–rho
“day, time period”
In context — Luke 17:27
They were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
About this coordinate
Luke 17:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 17:27, so the Greek word ἡμέρας (hêmeras) 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 Luke.17.27.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.17.27.W7.S1) and character.