Acts 16:6:8Acts.16.6.W8TAB
κωλυθέντες
kôlythentes
“having been prevented”
- Transliteration
- kô-ly-THEN-tes
- Extended
- kôh-lyoo-THEHN-tehs
- IPA
- /kɔː.lyˈtʰen.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having been prevented
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
kô-ly-THEN-tes
- sentence
di-EEL-thon de tên phry-GI-an kai ga-la-ti-KÊN KHÔ-ran kô-ly-THEN-tes hy-PO tou ha-GI-ou PNEU-ma-tos la-LÊ-sai ton LO-gon en tê a-SI-a
Exegesis
The aorist passive participle kōluthentes {κωλυθέντες | kō-lu-thén-tes} ‘having been prevented’ provides circumstantial background, indicating divine hindrance. The preposition hypo plus genitive marks the Holy Spirit as the agent of restraint.
In context — Acts 16:6
They traveled through Phrygia and the Galatian region, having been prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the word in Asia.
About this coordinate
Acts 16:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 16:6, so the Greek word κωλυθέντες (kôlythentes) 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.16.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.6.W8.S1) and character.