Acts 18:22:10Acts.18.22.W10TAB
κατέβη
katebê
“he went down”
- Transliteration
- ka-TE-bê
- Extended
- kah-TEH-bê
- IPA
- /kaˈte.bɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he went down
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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 |
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Word in context
- word
ka-TE-bê
- sentence
KAI ka-tel-THÔN eis kai-SA-rei-an a-na-BAS KAI a-spa-SA-me-nos tên ek-klê-SI-an ka-TE-bê eis an-ti-O-khei-an
Exegesis
A series of aorist participles—katelthōn {κατελθών | katelthōn} “having gone down”, anabás {ἀναβάς | anabás} “having gone up”, and aspasámenos {ἀσπασάμενος | aspasámenos} “having greeted”—sets up prior actions that frame the main finite verb katébē {κατέβη | katébē} “he went down”.
In context — Acts 18:22
After he came down to Caesarea , he went up, greeted the church , and then went down to Antioch.
About this coordinate
Acts 18:22:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Acts 18:22, so the Greek word κατέβη (katebê) 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.18.22.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.22.W10.S1) and character.