Acts 16:7:10Acts.16.7.W10TAB
πορευθῆναι
poreuthênai
“to go”
- Transliteration
- po-reu-THÊ-nai
- Extended
- poh-reu-tʰêh-nai
- IPA
- /po.reuˈtʰɛː.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to go
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
po-reu-THÊ-nai
- sentence
el-THON-tes de ka-TA tên my-SI-an e-PEI-ra-zon eis tên bi-thy-NI-an po-reu-THÊ-nai kai ouk EI-a-sen au-TOUS to PNEU-ma ee-ay-SOO
Exegesis
The imperfect epeirazοn {ἐπείραζον | e-peí-ra-zon} “kept attempting” conveys repeated effort, with the infinitive poreuthenai {πορευθῆναι | po-reu-thē-nai} specifying “to go” and the prepositional eis ten Bithynian {εἰς τὴν Βιθυνίαν | eis tḕn Bi-thy-ní-an} marking the intended destination.
Root and etymology
poreuomaipi–omicron–rho–epsilon–upsilon–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to go, travel, conduct oneself”
In context — Acts 16:7
When they came to Mysia, they kept attempting to go into Bithynia , but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.
About this coordinate
Acts 16:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Acts 16:7, so the Greek word πορευθῆναι (poreuthênai) 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.16.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.7.W10.S1) and character.