Acts 15:30:4Acts.15.30.W4TAB
ἀπολυθέντες
apolythentes
“having been sent off”
- Transliteration
- a-po-ly-THEN-tes
- Extended
- ah-poh-ly- THEHN-tehs
- IPA
- /a.po.lyˈtʰen.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having been sent off
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
a-po-ly-THEN-tes
- sentence
hoi MEN OUN a-po-ly-THEN-tes ka-TÊL-thon eis an-ti-O-khei-an KAI sy-na-ga-GON-tes to PLÊ-thos e-PE-do-kan tên e-pi-sto-LÊN
Exegesis
The aorist passive participle apoluthentes {ἀπολυθέντες | a-po-lu-thén-tes} “having been sent off” precedes the main verb katelthon {κατῆλθον | ka-têl-thon} “they went down,” serving as a temporal participle that establishes the prior dismissal before the journey.
Root and etymology
apolúōa-po-lú-ō
“to release, dismiss”
In context — Acts 15:30
Therefore, those who had been sent off went down to Antioch and, having gathered the multitude , delivered the letter .
About this coordinate
Acts 15:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 15:30, so the Greek word ἀπολυθέντες (apolythentes) 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.15.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.30.W4.S1) and character.