Acts 17:1:8Acts.17.1.W8TAB
ἦλθον
êlthon
“they came”
- Transliteration
- ÊL-thon
- Extended
- EHL-thohn
- IPA
- /ˈɛːl.tʰon/
Meaning by language
- English
- they came
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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ÊL-thon
- sentence
di-o-deu-SAN-tes DE tên am-PHI-po-lin KAI tên a-pol-lô-NI-an ÊL-thon eis the-s(sa)-lo-NI-kên HO-pou ÊN sy-na-gô-GÊ tôn i-ou-dai-ÔN
Exegesis
The verse begins with the aorist participle diodeusantes {Διοδεύσαντες | Diodeúsantes} “having passed through,” which functions adverbially to provide background circumstance for the main verb elthon {ἦλθον | ḗlthon} “they came.”
In context — Acts 17:1
After having passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came into Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews .
About this coordinate
Acts 17:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 17:1, so the Greek word ἦλθον (êlthon) 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.17.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.1.W8.S1) and character.