Acts 16:39:2Acts.16.39.W2TAB
ἐλθόντες
elthontes
“having come”
- Transliteration
- el-THO-ntes
- Extended
- ehl-THOH-ntes
- IPA
- /elˈtʰon.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having come
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (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
el-THO-ntes
- sentence
KAI el-THO-ntes pa-re-KA-le-san au-TOUS KAI eks-a-ga-GO-ntes ê-RO-tôn a-pel-THEIN a-PO tês PO-le-ôs
Exegesis
The first participle elthontes {ἐλθόντες | elthóntes} “having come” establishes the temporal context for the main verb parekalesan {παρεκάλεσαν | parekálēsan} “they entreated,” with autous {αὐτούς | autoús} as the object referring to Paul and Silas.
Root and etymology
parerchomaipi–alpha–rho–epsilon–rho–chi–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to pass by, go past”
In context — Acts 16:39
So they came and entreated them, and after bringing them out, they kept urging them to depart from the city .
About this coordinate
Acts 16:39:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 16:39, so the Greek word ἐλθόντες (elthontes) 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.16.39.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.39.W2.S1) and character.