Acts 13:42:4Acts.13.42.W4TAB
παρεκάλουν
parekaloun
“they begged”
- Transliteration
- pa-re-KA-loun
- Extended
- pah-reh-KA-loon
- IPA
- /pa.reˈka.luːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- they begged
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pa-re-KA-loun
- sentence
ek-si-ON-tōn de au-TŌN pa-re-KA-loun eis to me-ta-KSY SAB-ba-ton la-lē-THÊ-nai au-TOIS ta HRÊ-ma-ta TAU-ta
Exegesis
The imperfect indicative parekaloun {παρεκάλουν | parekáloun} “they were urging” portrays repeated or ongoing appeals directed toward the departing speakers, with the genitive auton {αὐτῶν | autôn} “of them” identifying those who are leaving as the ones being solicited.
In context — Acts 13:42
And as they were going out, they kept urging that these words be spoken to them on the next Sabbath .
About this coordinate
Acts 13:42:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 13:42, so the Greek word παρεκάλουν (parekaloun) 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.13.42.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.42.W4.S1) and character.