Acts 16:39:3Acts.16.39.W3TAB
παρεκάλεσαν
parekalesan
“they appealed to”
- Transliteration
- pa-re-KA-le-san
- Extended
- pah-reh-KAH-leh-sahn
- IPA
- /pa.reˈka.le.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- they appealed to
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pa-re-KA-le-san
- 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
parakaleopi–alpha–rho–alpha–kappa–alpha–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to call alongside, to entreat”
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 16:39:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 16:39, so the Greek word παρεκάλεσαν (parekalesan) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.39.W3.S1) and character.