Acts 16:29:8Acts.16.29.W8TAB
προσέπεσεν
prosepesen
“he fell down before”
- Transliteration
- pro-SE-pe-sen
- Extended
- pro-SEH-peh-sehn
- IPA
- /proˈse.pe.sen/
Meaning by language
- English
- he fell down before
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
pro-SE-pe-sen
- sentence
ai-TÊ-sas de PHÔ-ta ei-se-PÊ-dê-sen KAI EN-tro-mos ge-NO-me-nos pro-SE-pe-sen tôi PAU-lô KAI tôi si-LÂ
Exegesis
The aorist indicative prosepesen {προσέπεσεν | prosépesen} ‘he fell down before’ is followed by the dative phrases tō Paulō kai tō Silā {τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ τῷ Σιλᾷ | tôi Paúlō kaí tôi Silâ}, indicating the recipients of his prostration. This sequence of aorist participles and indicatives compresses rapid actions, highlighting urgency and intense fear. English participles are rendered with temporal markers (“having asked,” “shaking with fear”) or as participial phrases to preserve the original relationships while ensuring readability.
Root and etymology
piptop-i-p-t-o
“to fall”
In context — Acts 16:29
He asked for lights , entered quickly, and trembling , fell down before Paul and Silas.
About this coordinate
Acts 16:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 16:29, so the Greek word προσέπεσεν (prosepesen) 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.16.29.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.29.W8.S1) and character.