Acts 16:11:1Acts.16.11.W1TAB
Ἀναχθέντες
anakhthentes
“Having put out to sea”
- Transliteration
- a-nakh-THEN-tes
- Extended
- ah-nahkh-THEHN-tehs
- IPA
- /a.naˈkʰtʰen.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- Having put out to sea
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-nakh-THEN-tes
- sentence
a-nakh-THEN-tes OUN a-PO trô-A-dos eu-thy-dro-MÊ-sa-men eis sa-mo-THRA-kên tê de e-pi-OU-sê eis NE-a PO-lin
Exegesis
The verse opens with the aorist participial clause anachthentes {Ἀναχθέντες | anachthéntes} ‘having set sail’, which functions as a temporal circumstance introducing the main voyage.
Root and etymology
anagoalpha–nu–alpha–gamma–omega
“to lead up, put out to sea”
In context — Acts 16:11
Therefore, having set sail from Troas , we sailed a straight course to Samothrace , and the next day went on to Neapolis.
About this coordinate
Acts 16:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 16:11, so the Greek word Ἀναχθέντες (anakhthentes) 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.16.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.11.W1.S1) and character.