Acts 14:11:18Acts.14.11.W18TAB
κατέβησαν
katebêsan
“they came down”
- Transliteration
- ka-TE-bê-san
- Extended
- kah-TEH-bê-sahn
- IPA
- /kaˈte.bɛː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- they came down
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-TE-bê-san
- sentence
hoi te O-khloi i-DON-tes ho e-POI-ê-sen PAU-los e-PÊ-ran tên phô-NÊN au-TÔN ly-ka-o-nis-TI LE-gon-tes hoi the-OI ho-moi-ô-THEN-tes an-THRÔ-pois ka-TE-bê-san pros hê-MAS
Exegesis
The main verb of the exclamation, katebēsan {κατέβησαν | ka-TE-bi-san} “they came down,” is an aorist indicative that presents the descent as a decisive event, with pros hēmas {πρὸς ἡμᾶς | pros hē-MAS} “to us” highlighting the perceived honor and immediacy of divine visitation. In translation, the sequence of participles has been represented with English “having seen” and “having become like” in the formal rendering to preserve the aspectual nuance, while the dynamic rendering slightly reshapes “having been made like men” as “in human form” to convey the same idea more naturally in contemporary English.
In context — Acts 14:11
And the crowds, having seen what Paul had done, lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language, saying, “The gods have come down to us, having become like men .”
About this coordinate
Acts 14:11:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 14:11, so the Greek word κατέβησαν (katebêsan) 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.14.11.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.11.W18.S1) and character.