Luke 21:6:5Luke.21.6.W5TAB
ἡμέραι
hêmerai
“days”
- Transliteration
- hê-ME-rai
- Extended
- hay-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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Word in context
- word
hê-ME-rai
- sentence
TAU-ta HA the-ō-REE-te e-LEU-son-tai hê-ME-rai en HAIS ouk a-phe-THÊ-se-tai LEE-thos e-PI LEE-thō HOS ou ka-ta-ly-THÊ-se-tai
Exegesis
The future expression eleusontai hemerai {ἐλεύσονται ἡμέραι | eleúsontai hēmérai} is a prophetic time formula: literally, ‘days will come,’ introducing an assured future event.
In context — Luke 21:6
As for these things that you are seeing, days will come when not one stone will be left upon another that will not be thrown down .
About this coordinate
Luke 21:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 21:6, 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.21.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.21.6.W5.S1) and character.