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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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ka-TÊL-thon
- 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 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 15:30:5 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.