Acts 17:23:1Acts.17.23.W1TAB
διερχόμενος
dierkhomenos
“passing through”
- Transliteration
- di-er-KHO-me-nos
- Extended
- dih-eh-r-KHOH-meh-nohs
- IPA
- /di.erˈkʰo.me.nos/
Meaning by language
- English
- passing through
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
di-er-KHO-me-nos
- sentence
di-er-KHO-me-nos gar KAI a-na-the-o-RON ta se-BAS-ma-ta hy-MON HEU-ron KAI bô-MON en hôi e-pe-GE-grap-to a-GNÔ-stôi the-ÔI ho OUN a-gno-OUN-tes eu-se-be-EI-te TOU-to e-GÔ ka-taŋ-GE-lô hy-MEEN
Exegesis
The verse begins with two circumstantial participles, dierchomenos {διερχόμενος | di-er-khó-me-nos} ‘passing through’ and anatheoron {ἀναθεωρῶν | a-na-the-ō-rôn} ‘observing carefully’, which set the stage for the main verb heuron {εὗρον | heû-ron} ‘I found’.
In context — Acts 17:23
For as I was passing through and carefully observing the objects of your worship, I also found an altar on which had been inscribed: “To an Unknown God .” Therefore, what you worship without knowing , this I proclaim to you.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 17:23, so the Greek word διερχόμενος (dierkhomenos) 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.17.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.23.W1.S1) and character.