Acts 13:4:9Acts.13.4.W9TAB
κατῆλθον
katêlthon
“they went down”
- Transliteration
- ka-TÊL-thon
- Extended
- kah-TEHL-thohn
- IPA
- /kaˈtɛːl.tʰon/
Meaning by language
- English
- they went down
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ka-TÊL-thon
- sentence
au-TOI men oun ek-pem-PHEN-tes hy-PO tou ha-GI-ou PNEU-ma-tos ka-TÊL-thon eis se-LEU-kei-an e-KEI-then te a-PE-pleu-san eis KY-pron
Exegesis
The aorist passive participle ekpemphthentes {ἐκπεμφθέντες | ek-pemph-thén-tes} forms a circumstantial clause with the main verb katelthon {κατῆλθον | ka-têl-thon}, showing that the sending by the Spirit precedes the descent.
In context — Acts 13:4
Therefore, they, having been sent out by the Holy Spirit , went down to Seleucia and from there sailed to Cyprus .
About this coordinate
Acts 13:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 13:4, so the Greek word κατῆλθον (katêlthon) 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.13.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.4.W9.S1) and character.