Acts 14:16:10Acts.14.16.W10TAB
πορεύεσθαι
poreuesthai
“to go”
- Transliteration
- po-REU-es-thai
- Extended
- poh-REU-ehs-thai
- IPA
- /poˈreu.es.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to go
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
po-REU-es-thai
- sentence
hos en tais pa-rō-khay-ME-nais ge-ne-AIS EI-a-sen PAN-ta ta E-thnê po-REU-es-thai tais ho-DOIS au-TÔN
Exegesis
The infinitive poreuesthai {πορεύεσθαι | poreúesthai} “to walk” forms a complementary infinitive construction with eiasen, expressing what He permitted them to do.
In context — Acts 14:16
In the generations that have passed, He allowed all the nations to walk in their ways.
About this coordinate
Acts 14:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Acts 14:16, so the Greek word πορεύεσθαι (poreuesthai) 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.14.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.16.W10.S1) and character.