Luke 2:21:4Luke.2.21.W4TAB
ἡμέραι
hêmerai
“days”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-rai
- Extended
- hêê-MEH-rai
- IPA
- /hɛːˈme.rai/
Meaning by language
- English
- days
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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 | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hê-ME-rai
- sentence
KAI HO-te e-PLÊS-thê-san hê-ME-rai ok-TÔ tou pe-ri-te-MEIN au-TON KAI e-KLÊ-thê to O-no-ma au-TOU ee-ay-SOOS to klê-THEN hy-PO tou AN-ge-lou pro tou syl-lêm-PHthê-nai au-ton en tê koi-LI-a
Root and etymology
hēmeraeta–mu–epsilon–rho–alpha
“day, period”
In context — Luke 2:21
And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising Him, His name was called Jesus , which the angel had given before He was conceived in the womb.
About this coordinate
Luke 2:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 2:21, so the Greek word ἡμέραι (hêmerai) 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.2.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.2.21.W4.S1) and character.