Acts 14:21:9Acts.14.21.W9TAB
ὑπέστρεψαν
hypestrepsan
“they returned”
- Transliteration
- hy-PE-stre-psan
- Extended
- hyoo-PEH-streh-psahn
- IPA
- /hyˈpe.stre.psan/
Meaning by language
- English
- they returned
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Alphabet Analysis
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hy-PE-stre-psan
- sentence
eu-an-ge-li-SA-me-noi te tên PO-lin e-KEI-nên KAI ma-thê-TEU-san-tes hi-ka-NOUS hy-PE-stre-psan eis tên LYS-tran KAI eis i-KO-ni-on KAI eis an-ti-O-khe-i-an
Exegesis
The verse uses consecutive aorist participles euangelisamenoi {Εὐαγγελισάμενοι | Eu-an-ge-li-sá-me-noi} ‘having proclaimed good news’ and matheteusantes {μαθητεύσαντες | ma-thē-teú-san-tes} ‘having made disciples’ to frame events prior to the main verb hypestrepsan {ὑπέστρεψαν | hy-pé-strep-san} ‘they returned.’
The main clause hypestrepsan eis ten Lystran kai eis Ikonion kai eis Antiocheian {ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς τὴν Λύστραν καὶ εἰς Ἰκόνιον καὶ εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν | hy-pé-strep-san eis tḕn Lý-stran kaí eis I-kó-ni-on kaí eis A-n-ti-ó-khei-an} lists the return route with repeated eis, creating a rhythmic itinerary through Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch. English renders the temporal aorists as “after” clauses to preserve sequence and retains the city order to mirror the apostolic journey.
In context — Acts 14:21
And after they had proclaimed the good news in that city and had made many disciples , they turned back to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch.
About this coordinate
Acts 14:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 14:21, so the Greek word ὑπέστρεψαν (hypestrepsan) 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.14.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.21.W9.S1) and character.