Acts 16:40:11Acts.16.40.W11TAB

ἰδόντες

idontes

having seen

Transliteration
i-DON-tes
Extended
ih-DON-tehs
IPA
/iˈdon.tes/

Meaning by language

English
having seen

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Result
ἰ + δόν + τες
i + don + tes
idontes

Alphabet Analysis

Iotai — as in machine
Deltath — as in this
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new
Taut — as in top
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    i-DON-tes

  2. sentence

    ek-sel-THON-tes de a-PO tês phy-la-KÊS ei-SÊL-thon pros tên ly-DI-an KAI i-DON-tes pa-re-KA-le-san tous a-del-PHOUS KAI ek-SÊL-than

Exegesis

The participle idontes {ἰδόντες | idóntes} ‘having seen’ introduces a temporal clause that leads into the verb parekalesan {παρεκάλεσαν | parekálesan} ‘they encouraged’, directed at tous adelphous {τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς | toús adelphoús} ‘the brothers’, with the article signaling a known group.

In contextActs 16:40

After they went out from the prison , they entered Lydia’s house; and when they saw the brothers, they encouraged them and departed.

About this coordinate

Acts 16:40:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 16:40, so the Greek word ἰδόντες (idontes) 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.16.40.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.40.W11.S1) and character.