Acts 16:8:5Acts.16.8.W5TAB
κατέβησαν
katebêsan
“they went down”
- Transliteration
- ka-TE-bê-san
- Extended
- kah-TEH-bêh-sahn
- IPA
- /kaˈte.beː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- they went down
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| 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
ka-TE-bê-san
- sentence
pa-rel-THON-tes de tên my-SI-an ka-TE-bê-san eis trô-A-da
Exegesis
The main verb katébesan {κατέβησαν | katébesan} ‘they went down’ conveys descent and governs the prepositional phrase eis Troáda {εἰς Τρῳάδα | eis Trōáda}, where eis with the accusative marks the destination. The formal rendering retains the aorist participle structure to mirror the Greek narrative sequencing, while the dynamic version rephrases it for clarity and immediacy without altering the directional relationships.
Root and etymology
katabainokappa–alpha–tau–alpha–beta–alpha–iota–nu–omega
“to go down, descend”
In context — Acts 16:8
So, having passed by Mysia, they went down to Troas .
About this coordinate
Acts 16:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 16:8, so the Greek word κατέβησαν (katebêsan) 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.16.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.8.W5.S1) and character.