Acts 15:30:5Acts.15.30.W5TAB

κατῆλθον

katêlthon

they went down

Transliteration
ka-TÊL-thon
Extended
kah-TAYL-thohn
IPA
/kaˈtɛːl.tʰon/

Meaning by language

English
they went down

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Result
κα + τῆλ + θον
ka + têl + thon
katêlthon

Alphabet Analysis

Kappak — as in kite
Alphaah — as in father
Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine
Lambdal — as in law
Thetath — as in thin
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ka-TÊL-thon

  2. 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.

In contextActs 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 15:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 15:30, so the Greek word κατῆλθον (katêlthon) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.30.W5.S1) and character.