Acts 17:13:22Acts.17.13.W22TAB
ἦλθον
êlthon
“they came”
- Transliteration
- ÊL-thon
- Extended
- ayl-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
hōs de EG-nō-san hoi a-PO tês the-sa-lo-NI-kês iou-da-IOI HO-ti kai en têi be-ro-I-a ka-tēng-GE-lē hy-PO tou PAU-lou ho LO-gos tou the-OU ÊL-thon kak-EI sa-LEU-on-tes kai ta-RAS-son-tes tous O-khlous
Exegesis
The main narrative verb elthon {ἦλθον | ḗlthon} ‘they came’ resumes the storyline, and kakei {κἀκεῖ | kakeî} ‘also there’ marks Berea as a new but related theater of conflict.
In context — Acts 17:13
But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God had also been proclaimed by Paul in Berea, they came there as well, agitating and troubling the crowds .
About this coordinate
Acts 17:13:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of Acts 17:13, 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.17.13.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.13.W22.S1) and character.